Edition |
Young readers' edition. |
Description |
xvii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Note |
"This work is adapted for young readers and is based on The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore, copyright 2017 by Kate More, published by Sourcebooks"--Verso. |
Summary |
"Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice" -- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index. |
Contents |
Knowledge. First day ; Wartime warning ; All change ; The mysterious maladies of Mollie Maggia ; Girls wanted ; Mere coincidence? ; Radium games ; Strange symptoms ; "Something going on" ; Investigations underway ; Warning shots ; Lip, dip, paint ; Truth and lies ; Hoffman helps ; Making history ; Hope -- Power. The list of the doomed ; Dead end ; Until death do us part ; Make or break ; "Fraud of frauds" ; In the shadow of the church spire ; Back from the grave ; The trial of the decade ; On the stand ; "Far from finished in this fight" ; Settlement? ; The chill of fear ; Happy ending? ; Midnight machinations ; A cold, cold winter ; Time-bomb tumors ; A very big mistake ; The end of the adventure ; Brave until the last -- Justice. Conspiracy? ; "Very suspicious" ; Verdict ; Fighting back ; A desire for justice ; Legal champion ; A long and lonely fall ; Her day in court ; Too weak for tears ; Bedside hearing ; The society of the living dead ; One more day. |
Subject |
Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Radium paint -- Toxicology -- Juvenile literature.
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Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Women employees -- Diseases -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Employers' liability -- United States -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
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Watch dial painters.
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Radium paint.
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Consumers' leagues.
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Industrial hygiene.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- War work.
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Employers' liability. (OCoLC)fst00909317
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Consumers' leagues. (OCoLC)fst00876439
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Industrial hygiene. (OCoLC)fst00971122
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Radium paint -- Toxicology.
(OCoLC)fst01088391
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War work. (OCoLC)fst01355300
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Watch dial painters -- Juvenile literature.
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Occupational health and safety -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature.
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Watch dial painters.
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Occupational health and safety.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746 |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Young adult literature.
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Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Instructional and educational works.
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Added Title |
Adaptation of (work): Radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women
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ISBN |
9781728210346 hardcover |
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1728210348 hardcover |
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9781728209470 trade paperback |
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1728209471 trade paperback |
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9781544455372 FollettBound |
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1544455372 FollettBound |
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9781728209487 electronic publication |
Standard No. |
760789294488 |