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Theatre Baton Rouge tells story of 'Radium Girls,' who painted, fell ill and made history
One was as young as 11. But Theatre Baton Rouge's Young Actors Program will look at this true life story through the eyes of ...
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Missouri Chemists Refine Radium from Watch Paint
We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...
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Museum exhibit sheds light on Ottawa’s tragic radium dial history
The Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the young women who used radium paint ...
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The Story Of The Radium Girls And Their Decades-Long Fight For Justice
The hundreds of young women who worked in watch factories throughout the 1920s were exposed to so much radium that they used to come home glowing in the dark. Then they found that the exposure caused ...
They thought this ‘miracle’ metal would change the world – until people started to die
The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...
Kate Moore
Kate Moore (authorkatemoore) on BuzzFeed - I am the author of The Radium Girls, the incredible true story of the American women who stood up and fought for justice and in so doing changed the world.