The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
by Moore, Kate (Writer and editor) (Author)
Summary
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... Full description
- Pt. 1. Knowledge
- Pt. 2. Power
- Pt. 3. Justice
- Epilogue
- Postscript.