![]() ![]() These descriptions go on and on every time a new woman is introduced (and sometimes men are described the same way). was an extremely attractive woman with large gray eyes and long dark hair she considered her pretty teeth her best feature. was a sociable nineteen-year-old with a broad face and bouffant brown hair.Įlla was popular and good-looking, with blond, slightly frizzy hair and a wide smile. was a somewhat round and diminutive woman of only four foot eight, with classic Italian dark hair and eyes. had an oval face with a button nose and fair hair that she set in the latest styles. was nicknamed the “Dresden Doll” because of her beautiful golden hair and fair coloring she also had perfect teeth and, perhaps as a result, a beaming smile. Many called her striking, but her looks weren’t of much interest to Grace. was an exceptionally bright and exceptionally pretty girl, with curly chestnut hair, hazel eyes, and clear-cut features. One was Josephine Smith, a sixteen-year-old girl with a round face, brown bobbed hair, and a snub nose. Standing just under five foot four, she was “a very pretty little blonde” with twinkling blue eyes, fashionably bobbed hair, and delicate features.Īs time went on, she got to know her colleagues better. was an attractive girl of just fourteen her fifteenth birthday was in five weeks’ time. Because, in a book about children and young people working in factories and being poisoned by radium, the last thing I care about is how pretty they were. I got so angry reading this because the writing bugged me SO much that I may be somewhat unkind in this review, and I feel bad about that, because I think this is a worthwhile book and Moore's heart was in the right place when she wrote it. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the "wonder" substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. And as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, the brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America's early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights that will echo for centuries to come. ![]() With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive-until they begin to fall mysteriously ill.īut the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects, and the women's cries of corruption. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe they light up the night like industrious fireflies. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War. The Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger
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