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

A New York Occasions, USA In the present day, Wall Road Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller!

For followers of Hidden Figures, comes the unimaginable true story of the ladies heroes who have been uncovered to radium in factories throughout the U.S. within the early twentieth century, and their courageous and groundbreaking battle to strengthen staff’ rights, even because the deadly poison claimed their very own lives…

In the dead of night years of the First World Warfare, radium makes gleaming headlines throughout the nation because the recent face of magnificence, and marvel drug of the medical group. From physique lotion to tonic water, the favored new ingredient shines brilliant. In the meantime, tons of of women toil amidst the glowing mud of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their our bodies from head to toe; they mild up the night time like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these “shining women” are the luckiest alive — till they start to fall mysteriously unwell. And, till they start to return ahead.

As the ladies begin to converse out on the corruption, the factories that when supplied golden alternatives ignore all claims of the ugly negative effects. And because the deadly poison of the radium takes maintain, the courageous shining women discover themselves embroiled in one of many greatest scandals of America’s early twentieth century, and in a groundbreaking battle for staff’ rights that may echo for hundreds of years to return. A well timed story of company greed and the courageous figures that stood as much as struggle for his or her lives, these girls and their voices will shine for years to return.

Written with a glowing voice and breakneck tempo, The Radium Women totally illuminates the inspiring younger girls uncovered to the “marvel” substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring power within the face of virtually inconceivable circumstances. Their braveness and tenacity led to life-changing laws, analysis into nuclear bombing, and in the end saved tons of of 1000’s of lives…

From the Writer

Writer ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks Inc; Reprint version (March 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 477 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492650951
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492650959
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 980L
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.5 x 8 inches