Radium Girls

by Clark, Claudia

• ISBN13: 9780807846407
• ISBN10: 0807846406
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Watch Alice Glow	p. 12
The Unknown God	p. 39
Something About That Factory the Dialpainters and the Consumers' League	p. 65
A """"Hitherto Unrecognized"""" Occupational Hazard the Discovery of Radium Poisoning	p. 87
A David Fighting the Goliath of Industrialism	p. 112
is That Watch Fad Worth the Price?	p. 149
Gimme a Gamma	p. 170
We Slapped Radium Around like Cake Frosting	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 201
Notes	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 281
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