Radium girls, author, Cy ; English lettering, E.K. Weaver ; English translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger
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Radium girls, author, Cy ; English lettering, E.K. Weaver ; English translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Radium girls
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
1267686830
Responsibility statement
author, Cy ; English lettering, E.K. Weaver ; English translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger
Summary
"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. 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 the future of every woman to follow them."--, Publisher's description
Target audience
adult
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- Watch dial painters + Diseases -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Documentary comics
- World War, 1914-1918 + Women -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Radium industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Biographical comics
- Orange (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / History
- Women employees + Diseases -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Historical comics
- Nonfiction comics
- Radium paint + Toxicology -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- United States Radium Corporation -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels -- United States
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- Genre6
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- Watch dial painters + Diseases -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Documentary comics
- World War, 1914-1918 + Women -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Radium industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Biographical comics
- Orange (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / History
- Women employees + Diseases -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Historical comics
- Nonfiction comics
- Radium paint + Toxicology -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- United States Radium Corporation -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels -- United States
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- letterer1
- Translator1
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