Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelfbook club choiceNew York Times bestseller'Fascinating.'Sunday Times'Thrilling.'Mail on SundayAll they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for...'The first thing we asked was,"Does this stuff hurt you"And they said,"No."The company said that it wasn't dangerous,that we didn't need to be afraid.' As the First World War spread across the world,young American women flocked to work in factories,painting clocks,watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job,lucrative and glamorous - the girls shone brightly in the dark,covered head to toe in dust from the paint. However,as the years passed,the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them feel alive - their work - was slowly killing them: the radium paint was poisonous. Their employers denied all responsibility,but these courageous women - in the face of unimaginable suffering - refused to accept their fate quietly,and instead became determined to fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries,letters and interviews,The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties,who themselves learned how to roar.Further praise for TheRadium Girls'The importance of the brave andblighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.'Sunday Times'A perfect blend of the historical,the scientific and the personal.'Bustle'Thrilling and carefully crafted.'Mail on Sunday
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781471153884Number of pages: 480Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 29 mm
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'Kate Moore's new book will move,shock and anger you.''This fascinating social history - one that significantly reflectson the class and gender of those involved - (is) CatherineCookson meets Mad Men...The importance of the brave andblighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.''Thrilling and carefully crafted.''Heartfelt.''Kate Moore...writes with a sense of drama that carries onethrough the serpentine twists and turns of this tragic but ultimatelyuplifting story.''Fascinating yet tragic.''Heartbreaking ...what this book illustrates brilliantly is thatbattling for justice against big corporations isn't easy.''A perfect blend of the historical,the scientific and the personal,this richly detailed book sheds a whole new light on this uniqueelement and the role it played in changing workers'rights. TheRadium Girls makes it impossible for you to ignore these women'sincredible stories,and proves why now,more than ever,wecan't afford to ignore science,either.''Carefully researched,the work will stun readers with itsdescriptions of the glittering artisans who,oblivious to healthdangers,twirled camel-hair brushes to fine points using theirmouths.''Moore's harrowing but humane story describes the struggle ofa few brave women who took their case to court in a fight forjustice that is still resonant today.''Kate Moore's The Radium Girls tells the story of a cohort ofwomen who made history by entering the workforce at thedawn of a new scientific era...Moore sheds new light on a darkchapter in American labour history; the radium girls...liveagain in her telling.''Kate Moore's gripping narrative about the betrayal of theradium girls - gracefully told and exhaustively researched -makes this a non-fiction classic. Moore's compassion for hersubjects and her story-telling prowess...bring alive a shamefulera in America's industrial history.'
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