Radium Girls

Name: Radium Girls
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SKU: 9781945820991
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Summary

Set in 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, Radium Girls tells the true story of young women known as the 'Ghost Girls' who worked painting watch dials with luminous radioactive powder. Initially seen as harmless, the powder causes devastating health problems. Facing jawbone disintegration and tooth loss, these workers lead a fight for justice and safer working conditions, becoming pioneers in the workers' rights movement.
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This graphic novel will engage readers interested in historical true stories, social justice, and women's struggles in the early 20th century. It is suitable for adults and older teens keen on educational and inspiring narratives.

A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918.

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Description

Compelling, inspiring, and radiant. - FOREWORD

Excels in showing the camaraderie of the 'Ghost Girls.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Will keep readers engaged in these women's stories from the first page. - ALA

It's 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the "Ghost Girls".

The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of glowing, radioactive powder that clings to their clothes after every shift painting watch dials. The soft, greenish glow even stains their lips and tongues, which they use to point the fine brushes used in their work. It's perfectly harmless... or so claims the watch manufacturer.

When teeth start falling out, followed by jawbones, the dial painters become the unprepared vanguard on the frontlines of the burgeoning workers' rights movement. Desperate for compensation and acknowledgement from the company that has doomed them, the Ghost Girls must fight, not just for their own lives but for the future of every woman to follow them.

A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781945820991

Publisher: Iron Circus Comics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Iron Circus Comics

Illustration: Full Colour Throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 134

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Cy Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Cyrielle Evrard, publishing under the nom de plume Cy, was born in 1990. She studied at the cole de Conde Paris, where she did a higher cycle of illustration after a BTS Visual Communication. Her previous work includes The True Sex of Real Life, volumes 1 and 2.