Book Discussion: Radium Girls

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Book Discussion

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Adults
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Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore,

A full-length account of the struggles of hundreds of women who were exposed to dangerous levels of radium while working factory jobs during World War I. Describes how they were misled by their employers and became embroiled in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights.

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