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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

Kate Moore

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Why we're reading this: A moving and unflinching account of the many young women in the radium dial industry stricken with mouth …more
[close] A moving and unflinching account of the many young women in the radium dial industry stricken with mouth cancer and how their fight for justice led to changes in workplace safety and compensation.

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Mar 09, 2018 Nadine rated it really liked it

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This book was anguishing to read. Not because of the writing, which was stellar and compelling, but because of the story itself. A truly dark event in American history that I knew nothing about going in, but am glad I know about now. It speaks to the power of corporate America when it decides to dig in its heels and prioritize money and power over the health and well-being of its employees and the citizenry at large...themes that are still all too important in this day and age. And it speaks to ...more

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Feb 22, 2018 Jillian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Super interesting - I'd heard bits and pieces of the story (I'm from central Illinois - and drive past Ottawa often enough that I knew part of this had happened nearby) but never the whole thing.

Wow.

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