The Radium Girls: the dark story of America's shining women
(eAudiobook)
1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous-the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. The very thing that had made them feel alive-their work-was in fact slowly killing them: they had been poisoned by the radium paint. Yet their employers denied all responsibility. And so, in the face of unimaginable suffering-in the face of death-these courageous women refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished sources-including diaries, letters, and court transcripts, as well as original interviews with the women's relatives-The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative account of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar.
Moore, K., & Brazil, A. (2017). The Radium Girls: the dark story of America's shining women. Unabridged. [United States], HighBridge.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Moore, Kate and Angela, Brazil. 2017. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women. [United States], HighBridge.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Moore, Kate and Angela, Brazil, The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women. [United States], HighBridge, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Moore, Kate, and Angela Brazil. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women. Unabridged. [United States], HighBridge, 2017.
Level 8.1, 21 Points
Notes
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 11875774 |
---|---|
title | The Radium Girls |
kind | AUDIOBOOK |
price | 2.81 |
active | 1 |
pa | 0 |
profanity | 0 |
children | 0 |
demo | 0 |
rating | |
abridged | 0 |
dateLastUpdated | Jan 14, 2023 08:03:46 PM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Jan 04, 2024 04:01:09 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 24, 2024 11:39:24 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03290nim a22006255a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT11875774 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20231027020323.0 | ||
006 | m o h | ||
007 | sz zunnnnnuned | ||
007 | cr nnannnuuuua | ||
008 | 231027o2017 xxunnn eo z n eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781681684222|q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) | ||
020 | |a 1681684225|q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT11875774 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/rcb_9781681684222_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 11875774|b Midwest Tape, LLC|n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest|e rda | ||
099 | |a eAudiobook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Moore, Kate,|e author. | |
245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Radium Girls :|b the dark story of America's shining women|h [electronic resource] /|c Kate Moore. |
250 | |a Unabridged. | ||
264 | 1 | |a [United States] :|b HighBridge,|c 2017. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 54 min.)) :|b digital. | ||
336 | |a spoken word|b spw|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier | ||
344 | |a digital|h digital recording|2 rda | ||
347 | |a data file|2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
511 | 1 | |a Read by Angela Brazil. | |
520 | |a 1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous-the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. The very thing that had made them feel alive-their work-was in fact slowly killing them: they had been poisoned by the radium paint. Yet their employers denied all responsibility. And so, in the face of unimaginable suffering-in the face of death-these courageous women refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished sources-including diaries, letters, and court transcripts, as well as original interviews with the women's relatives-The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative account of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Anatomy. | |
650 | 0 | |a Biography. | |
650 | 0 | |a Girls. | |
650 | 0 | |a History. | |
650 | 0 | |a Industrial relations. | |
650 | 0 | |a Juvenile literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Military. | |
650 | 0 | |a Physiology. | |
650 | 0 | |a Science and nature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Twentieth century. | |
650 | 0 | |a War. | |
650 | 0 | |a Women|x history. | |
650 | 0 | |a Women|v Biography. | |
650 | 0 | |a Women. | |
650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918. | |
651 | 7 | |a United States|x History. | |
655 | 7 | |a Biographies.|2 lcgft | |
700 | 1 | |a Brazil, Angela,|e reader. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11875774?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435|z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image|u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/rcb_9781681684222_180.jpeg |