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Radium Girls
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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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, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop mysterious, often fatal illnesses that they traced to conditions in the workplace. Their fight to have their symptoms recognized as an industrial disease represents an important chapter in the history of modern health and labor policy. Clark's account emphasizes the social and political factors that influenced the responses of the workers, managers, government officials, medical specialists, and legal authorities involved in the case. She enriches the story by exploring contemporary disputes over workplace control, government intervention, and industry-backed medical research. Finally, in appraising the dialpainters' campaign to secure compensation and prevention of further incidents--efforts launched with the help of the reform-minded, middle-class women of the Consumers' League--Clark is able to evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of the industrial health movement as a whole.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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I found all of these at a thrift store for $3.21!!! Have you read these? 📚📚📚

OutAndAbout Wow. That‘s an incredible haul of great titles! 3y
TEArificbooks Loved the top 3 and radium girls. 3y
EKonrad Loved Radium Girls and Lilac Girls! So good! 😊 3y
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MallenNC I recommend Radium Girls all the time. It‘s sad but it‘s a part of history I didn‘t know about before reading it. Same with Henrietta Lacks. 3y
readwithcori What a great haul. The only one I‘ve read is Circe but wasn‘t a fan (although I think I‘m in the minority on this) but I have a couple of the others on my TBR, especially Lilac Girls 😍 3y
JamieArc I tried Radium Girls but couldn‘t handle the descriptions of their dental/jaw issues. It gave me nightmares! 3y
marleed Great stack - I‘ve read 4 out of 6. I really do believe Radium Girls is an important story to record. I wasn‘t a huge fan of the actual writing - I think because I was so engrossed in the nonfiction details that I wanted to stay with that aspect. 3y
Lcsmcat All but Gray. And of those I liked them all, some more than others. 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OutAndAbout I was shocked that they were all in great condition!! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @mdm139 ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @EKonrad 🙌🏻❤️ 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @MallenNC I need to get to these!! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @corireadslife I didn‘t love it either 🤷‍♀️ 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JamieArc oh no!!! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Lcsmcat I didn‘t care for Fifty Shades so I may give it away… 3y
jdiehr Lilac Girls was good 🙂 3y
Amie Radium Girls is really good, but sad. Henrietta Lacks and Fried Green Tomatoes are also really good. 3y
readwithcori @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks wow glad I‘m not alone! Everyone I talked to, loved it! 3y
brittanyreads Great haul!! 3y
sherri So many good books! 3y
Tamra Awesome finds! 3y
Kenyazero Looks like a good day at the bookstore 😍 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @corireadslife you are not alone!! 3y
Tera66 Radium Girls is so good!💚 3y
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Pricel101
Pricel101
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Turned off my audiobook The Radium Girls (love it @youneverarrived ) to focus on the drive home tonight. 30cm of snow today and freezing rain later tonight ❄️☔️ Been driving for 40yrs but this was the scariest ever!

Velvetfur Oohh that does not look like fun 😞❄️ 6y
Crazeedi O goodness this looks bad! It rained like crazy here today, but I didn't get stuck in freezing rain thankfully 6y
Reviewsbylola Ugh sounds awful. 6y
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readordierachel Stay warm! 6y
Redwritinghood That looks pretty bad. Hope everyone got home safely. 6y
youneverarrived That looks scary 🙁 I‘m glad you chose this book. It‘s so heartbreaking but I couldn‘t stop reading it. 6y
AlwaysForeverReading That weather is horrible!!! 6y
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WellReadCatLady
WellReadCatLady
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Went to the science museum yesterday to see the death of natural causes exhibit and they had a display about radium and how it glows.

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REPollock
REPollock
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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This book is all the more horrifying because I can easily imagine myself doing the job and being doomed to the fate. 🤢

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REPollock
REPollock
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Time to start one of my #2018nfbe books! #nonfictionbookexchange2018

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CoffeeCatsBooks
CoffeeCatsBooks
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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@mgiroir Yay! Such a nice treat to come home too! 💕 The coffee ☕️ smells delicious! I just kept inhaling it. The mug is super nice too. Is this a favorite coffee place of yours? I can‘t wait to try it. You get ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ for the protective wrapping (I might have laughed some as I unwrapped the mug 😂). I am super excited about the books. I‘ve really been wanting to read Radium Girls, especially since I saw a documentary on it. #2018NFBE

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mgiroir Yay!!!! The coffee shop I got the coffee at makes amazing coffee!!! It‘s a little local shop near my house! I‘m glad everything got to you safely! Enjoy!! 7y
Bookish_AF Radium Girls is really good! 7y
EKonrad What‘s the documentary called? I‘m still obsessed with this book a year later! 7y
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heikemarie So cool to have a local mug like that! 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @EKonrad I don‘t know what the name of the one I watched (I feel like it was a part of a series) When I was looking for the name, though, I found a documentary on it called Radium City. It has a 8.9/10 rating on IMDb 7y
EKonrad Ooh thanks!! 7y
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REPollock
REPollock
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Im posting my #2018nfbs opening a day early because I‘m traveling this evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much @catiewithac for this amazing #bookmail!!!! Radium Girls is one I‘ve been eyeing for a while now and yay, corsetry & crinolines! Also fun swag & a lovely card. My 1st swap but not the last! ❤️📚❤️ thanks for organizing @inwhichHeikereadsharder #2018nonfictionbookswap

batsy Lovely! The History of Underclothes looks amazing. 7y
catiewithac Happy reading!!! 7y
heikemarie That looks soooo interesting! With crafts and everything! Good job ladies! 7y
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MyNightstandRunnethOver
MyNightstandRunnethOver
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Pickpick

If all history was told this way, I would have been a history major in college. I love when historical facts are paired with the human impact of those facts.

Eggs Me too 7y
minkyb Well said! 7y
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Melmar
Melmar
Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 | Claudia Clark
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Instead of packing for my trip tonight, I'm listening to an audiobook and adding layers to a paper mache mask #procrastinator #audiobooks

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