Summary of The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore | Conversation Starters
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| Author: | Book Habits | ISBN: | 9780463246016 |
| Publisher: | Cb | Publication: | June 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Book Habits |
| ISBN: | 9780463246016 |
| Publisher: | Cb |
| Publication: | June 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore | Conversation Starters
The Radium Girls, the newest novel release from author Kate Moore, is the story of the women who worked in radium-dial factories in the United States. The radium they use to paint the numbers on the faces of watch-dials covers the women from head to toe – with many women even ingesting the chemical. The radium causes these women to glow. Slowly, the women begin to fall ill with mysterious symptoms such as wounds that will not heal and bones that deteriorate. There seems to be no one on their side as they sue the companies for their illnesses. Eventually, the women would go on to set the standard for the rights of workers in the United States in the 20th century.
The Radium Girls became a bestseller for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. It has been called “haunting” by NPR.
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore | Conversation Starters
The Radium Girls, the newest novel release from author Kate Moore, is the story of the women who worked in radium-dial factories in the United States. The radium they use to paint the numbers on the faces of watch-dials covers the women from head to toe – with many women even ingesting the chemical. The radium causes these women to glow. Slowly, the women begin to fall ill with mysterious symptoms such as wounds that will not heal and bones that deteriorate. There seems to be no one on their side as they sue the companies for their illnesses. Eventually, the women would go on to set the standard for the rights of workers in the United States in the 20th century.
The Radium Girls became a bestseller for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. It has been called “haunting” by NPR.
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to...
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book. If you have not yet read the original book, we encourage doing before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.
