The radium girls : the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark / Kate Moore.

Author/creator Moore, Kate author.
Format Book
EditionYoung readers' edition.
PublicationNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, [2020]
Copyright Date©2020
Descriptionxvii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Watch dial painters--Diseases. --United States. --History. --Juvenile literature.
Radium paint--Toxicology. --Juvenile literature.
Consumers' leagues--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature.
Industrial hygiene--United States. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Women. --United States. --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918--War work. --United States. --Juvenile literature.
Women employees--Diseases. --United States. --Juvenile literature.
Employers' liability--United States. --Case studies. --Juvenile literature.

Contents Knowledge. First day ; Wartime warning ; All change ; The mysterious maladies of Mollie Maggia ; Girls wanted ; Mere coincidence? ; Radium games ; Strange symptoms ; "Something going on" ; Investigations underway ; Warning shots ; Lip, dip, paint ; Truth and lies ; Hoffman helps ; Making history ; Hope -- Power. The list of the doomed ; Dead end ; Until death do us part ; Make or break ; "Fraud of frauds" ; In the shadow of the church spire ; Back from the grave ; The trial of the decade ; On the stand ; "Far from finished in this fight" ; Settlement? ; The chill of fear ; Happy ending? ; Midnight machinations ; A cold, cold winter ; Time-bomb tumors ; A very big mistake ; The end of the adventure ; Brave until the last -- Justice. Conspiracy? ; "Very suspicious" ; Verdict ; Fighting back ; A desire for justice ; Legal champion ; A long and lonely fall ; Her day in court ; Too weak for tears ; Bedside hearing ; The society of the living dead ; One more day.
Abstract "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice" -- Provided by publisher.
Local noteJoyner TRC copy 30372017453173 purchased in memory of James Thompson, 2021.
General note"This work is adapted for young readers and is based on The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore, copyright 2017 by Kate More, published by Sourcebooks"--Verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index.
Interest grade level Grades 7-12
Audience 880 Lexile
Issued in other formOnline version: Moore, Kate (Writer and editor). Radium girls Young readers' edition. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, 2020. 9781728209487
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formCase studies.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Contains title Adaptation of (work): Radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women.
LCCN 2020016986
ISBN9781728210346 (hardback)
ISBN1728210348 (hardback)
ISBN9781728209470 (trade paperback)
ISBN1728209471 (trade paperback)
ISBN9781544455372 (FollettBound)
ISBN1544455372 (FollettBound)
ISBN(epub)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 363.17 M7847R ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner TRC Nonfiction 363.17 M7847R ✔ Available Place Hold