Upcoming events.... [see all events]
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.
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