Title |
The radium girls the dark story of America's shining women
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Names |
Moore, Kate (Writer and editor).
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Book Number |
DB089743
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Annotation |
Chronicle of the women employed during World War I as watch dial painters--requiring the use and ingestion of radium-laced paint--and their legal fight for compensation. Discusses the often gruesome physical deformities and pain the women experienced and their determination to receive justice. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Commercial format - CF
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Sociology - SOC
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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History, U.S. - 20th Century - HUT
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LC Subject |
Consumers' leagues - United States - History
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Industrial hygiene - United States - History - 20th century
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Radium paint - Toxicology
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Watch dial painters - Diseases - United States - History
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World War, 1914-1918 - War work - United States
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World War, 1914-1918 - Women - United States
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Nonfiction
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Talking books
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Call Number |
363.17990820973 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2017
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2017
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Original Publication |
Reissue of: Unabridged. Prince Frederick : HighBridge, 2017. 9781681684222
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