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A review by xxstefaniereadsxx
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
This book was disgusting. The way these girls were treated and overlooked was absolutely disgusting. The way that these girls were lied to was disgusting. The amount of suffering they went through from working in these unsafe conditions was horrifying. There's a movie or show just out about this and I am considering watching it, but the book was plenty to get the point across. It was very well written and detailed the history of radium and its many uses. It detailed several employees of these dial companies and what they endured, as well as the legal cases brought against the companies. This book just filled me with rage, and one would hope that workplace conditions would be better, but you just know that somewhere in the world there are people getting some similar shaft. Unreal.