pickThe horrifying true story of the poisoning of hundreds of women. The complete disregard for the health of fellow human beings by big business always breaks my heart. The writing was dry at times, but the story of these women kept me reading. 4⭐️
pickA phenomenal read. A nonfiction story that reads like fiction. You come to love these women that were put through such horrors and completely disregarded by the company that caused them. I was in awe of their resilience and determination to fight.
pickThis book was a sad story. But important. It took a long time, but these women‘s sufferings brought about real, impactful changes to the workplace.
That was the tragedy. Radium had been known to be harmful since 1901. Every death since was unnecessary.
My birthday was alittle while ago, but I am so excited that I got my belated gift today. My old kindle had died after ten years, and I meade fue with the app. However, I am so happy right now. And don‘t get me wrong, I loove physical books, but my eyes not so much.
I started reading The Radium Girls this morning for one of my June challenges. I really enjoy it, but I am already horrified what was don3 to these women.
Of course, to the layman, all this was unknown. The mainstream position as understood by most people was that the effects of radium were all positive; and that was what was written about in newspapers and magazines, championed across product packaging and performed on Broadway.
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