The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
By Kate Moore.
Description
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller!"the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still."―NPR Books The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark dangerThe Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War.Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-di...
ISBN(s)
149264935X, 9781492649359
