The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore.
As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights.
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- ISBN: 9781432839031
- ISBN: 1432839039
- Physical Description: 729 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, c2017.
- Copyright: p2017
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 719-726). |
Formatted Contents Note: | List of key characters -- Knowledge -- Power -- Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript. |
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Genre: | Large print books. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | LT 363.1799 M822r 2017 (Text) | 33126022992097 | Large Print Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/21/2024 |