No one with power was willing to help these women. — Claudia Clark (image via Wikipedia) In factories in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut, female factory workers sat hunched over tables, meticulously hand-painting numbers on "Radiant Dial" watch faces. Years later, many fell mysteriously ill -- victims of radiation poisoning, contracted while working with the luminous paint they used every day at their jobs.
*Several* Women to Know: The Radium Girls
*Several* Women to Know: The Radium Girls
*Several* Women to Know: The Radium Girls
No one with power was willing to help these women. — Claudia Clark (image via Wikipedia) In factories in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut, female factory workers sat hunched over tables, meticulously hand-painting numbers on "Radiant Dial" watch faces. Years later, many fell mysteriously ill -- victims of radiation poisoning, contracted while working with the luminous paint they used every day at their jobs.