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The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting radium dials – watch dials and hands with self-luminous paint. The incidents occurred at three factories in the United States: one in Orange, New Jersey , beginning around 1917; one in Ottawa, Illinois , beginning in the early 1920s; and ...
Learn how hundreds of young women who painted watches with radium in the early 20th century suffered from radiation poisoning and fought for justice. Discover the history, the science, and the legacy of the Radium Girls.
Jun 7, 2024 · Radium Girls, factory workers in radium dial factories, fell ill with anemia, cancer and necrosis of the jaw due to radium poisoning from glow-in-the-dark paint. Radium, initially promoted as a cure-all, was used in consumer products and later in radium paint for instruments during World War I.
Apr 6, 2023 · Learn how hundreds of women were exposed to lethal amounts of radium while painting watch faces in early 20th-century America. Discover how they fought for justice and compensation for their devastating health consequences.
May 5, 2017 · During World War I, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dials with luminous radium paint. But after the girls — who literally glowed in the dark after their...
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Learn about the lives and struggles of the dial-painters who fought for justice against radium poisoning in the early 20th century. The Radium Girls is a book by Kate Moore that introduces readers to these extraordinary women, who lived in New Jersey and Illinois.
Dec 28, 2014 · Keane died this year. At 107 years old, she was one of the last of the radium girls. Blum says the radium girls had a profound impact on workplace regulations.
