The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by
Kate Moore
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Imprint
Sourcebooks
ISBN
9781492649359
Awards and Honors
ALA 2018 Notable Book Lists, Nonfiction
2017 Indie Next List Preview
2017 Goodreads Choice Award, History & Biography
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Adult
Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Adult, Social Sciences
NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language, Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
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. Author's note. Reading group guide. List of abbreviations. Notes. Select bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs.
Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls, was featured in an interview on NPR's Marketplace.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language, Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
Details
Format
Page Count
496
Trim Size
6" x 9"
Dewey
363.17/990820973
AR
0: points 0
Lexile
980L
Genre
Nonfic
Scholastic Reading Counts
27
JLG Release
Oct 2017
Book Genres
Topics
Watch dial painters. Radium paint. Consumer’s leagues. Industrial hygiene. Diseases. Twentieth-century American history. World War I (1914–1917). Women during World War I. War work during World War I.
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Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
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