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Ã2016., Sourcebooks Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES NF MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the story of radium poisoning to young American women during WWI from the paint used on watch dials, and the ensuing legal consequences that occured as a result of these work health hazards.
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By Moore, Kate[2018]., Sourcebooks Call No: HI-INT 363.1 MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.
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By Moore, Kate[2020]., Juvenile, Sourcebooks eXplore Call No: 363.1 MOO Edition: Young readers' edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"--
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[2014?], Primary, Sleeping Bear Press Call No: 940.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A stray dog named Rags befriends a U.S. soldier in Paris, France, during WWI. Rags traveled with the troops carrying messages from the front line to the back. His loyalty kept him by his owner's side until Sergeant Donovan died at the base hospital in Chicago"--