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The Radium Girls - They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice. (Paperback)
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The Radium Girls - They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice. (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 2 410
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Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club choice New York Times
bestseller 'Fascinating.' Sunday Times 'Thrilling.' Mail on Sunday
All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish
for... 'The first thing we asked was, "Does this stuff hurt you?"
And they said, "No." The company said that it wasn't dangerous,
that we didn't need to be afraid.' As the First World War spread
across the world, young American women flocked to work in
factories, painting clocks, watches and military dials with a
special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job,
lucrative and glamorous - the girls shone brightly in the dark,
covered head to toe in dust from the paint. However, as the years
passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling
illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them
feel alive - their work - was slowly killing them: the radium paint
was poisonous. Their employers denied all responsibility, but these
courageous women - in the face of unimaginable suffering - refused
to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to
fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries,
letters and interviews, The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative
of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group
of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned
how to roar. Further praise for The Radium Girls 'The importance of
the brave and blighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.' Sunday
Times 'A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific and the
personal.' Bustle 'Thrilling and carefully crafted.' Mail on Sunday
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