The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky—until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal.
- Last updated: September 8, 2023
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"This Book Tells The Untold Story Of The Women Who Lost Their Lives To Radium"
The Star. "Former employees of General Electric Peterborough say they are disappointed in the results of a workers’ compensation board review of denied cancer claims"
The Radium Girls Website. "The Radium Girls, the first-ever narrative non-fiction account of this inspirational true story."
"Moore offers such vivid portraits of suffering that certain passages can be difficult to read, but this is an important..."
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"'The Radium Girls' Is Haunted By Glowing Ghosts"
"The Radium Girls is a tragedy chronicling many years of hard work, sacrifice, and suffering."
New York Times Interview.
The Atlantic. "How the “radium girls” revealed the danger of radiation, and fought for safety standards"
"The fight for justice for the dial painters killed by radium exposure"
"The Radium Girls chronicles the dial painting industry and the women who painted these dials with radium–based paint."