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Large print book

The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 363.1799 M8228 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.

Physical Description

729 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Summary

Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the "wonder" element of radium in early 20th–century American factories. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

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