They paid with their lives.
Their final fight was for justice.
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June 1
12:00pm - BookExpo, AAP Librarians Lunch
Room 1E07/08, Javits Center
655 W 34th St
New York, NY 10001
May 30
6pm - Conversation with Marie Benedict
Penguin Bookshop
417 Beaver Street
Sewickley, PA 15143
May 31
3:15pm - Library Journal’s Day of Dialog, Top Nonfiction Panel
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 W 59th St
New York, NY 10019
June 1
10am - BookExpo | Sourcebooks
Booth #2521, Javits Center
655 W 34th St
New York, NY 10001
"In this thrilling and carefully crafted book, Moore tells the shocking story of how early 20th-century corporate and legal America set about silencing dozens of working-class women who had been systematically poisoned by radiation ... Moore [writes] so lyrically ... FIVE STARS" - Mail on Sunday
"...a must-read for anyone interested in American and women's history" - STARRED review, Library Journal
Welcome...
To this website, which celebrates the Radium Girls: the American women from the Roaring Twenties who were poisoned by their work and courageously fought for justice, and who inspired the multi-award-winning and New York Times bestselling book The Radium Girls by Kate Moore.
This website is intended as a companion site to Moore’s book. Here you can read more about the women, listen to interviews with the author, read reviews and find answers to some frequently asked questions.
Enjoy browsing the site. Thank you for visiting, but most of all for taking time to remember the Radium Girls.
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