The Resource The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
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The item The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library.
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- 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 from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso
- Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410)
- Contents
-
- List of key characters
- Prologue
- Part one. Knowledge
- Part two. Power
- Part three. Justice
- Epilogue
- Postscript
- Isbn
- 9781492650959
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
- Title
- The radium girls
- Title remainder
- the dark story of America's shining women
- Statement of responsibility
- Kate Moore
- Subject
-
- Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History
- Employers' liability -- United States -- Case studies
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- HISTORY -- Women
- History
- History
- History
- Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Occupational Diseases -- history
- Occupational Exposure
- Radiation Injuries -- history
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Radium paint -- Toxicology
- United States
- United States Radium Corporation
- Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History
- Women employees -- Diseases -- United States
- Women's Health
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States
- Radium -- poisoning
- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- 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 from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights
- Awards note
- 2019 Lincoln Award Nominee
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moore, Kate
- Dewey number
- 363.17/990820973
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD6067.2.U6
- LC item number
- M66 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WN 610
- NLM item number
- M822r 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States Radium Corporation
- Watch dial painters
- Radium paint
- Industrial hygiene
- Women employees
- Consumers' leagues
- Employers' liability
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- Radium
- Radiation Injuries
- Occupational Diseases
- Occupational Exposure
- Women's Health
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
- Note
-
- "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso
- Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript
- Control code
- ocn956341099
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781492650959
- Lccn
- 2016040681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956341099
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
- Note
-
- "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso
- Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript
- Control code
- ocn956341099
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781492650959
- Lccn
- 2016040681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956341099
Subject
- Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History
- Employers' liability -- United States -- Case studies
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- HISTORY -- Women
- History
- History
- History
- Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Occupational Diseases -- history
- Occupational Exposure
- Radiation Injuries -- history
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Radium paint -- Toxicology
- United States
- United States Radium Corporation
- Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History
- Women employees -- Diseases -- United States
- Women's Health
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States
- Radium -- poisoning
- Case studies
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