Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935

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Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935

In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop mysterious, often fatal illnesses that they traced to conditions in the workplace. Their fight to have their symptoms recognized as an industrial disease represents an important chapter in the history of modern health and labor policy. Clark's account emphasizes the social and political factors that influenced the responses of the workers, managers, government officials, medical specialists, and legal authorities involved in the case. She enriches the story by exploring contemporary disputes over workplace control, government intervention, and industry-backed medical research. Finally, in appraising the dialpainters' campaign to secure compensation and prevention of further incidents--efforts launched with the help of the reform-minded, middle-class women of the Consumers' League--Clark is able to evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of the industrial health movement as a whole.

Country	USA
Author	Claudia Clark
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Clark, Claudia
EAN	9780807846407
Edition	1
ISBN	0807846406
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	bibliography, notes, index
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	304
PartNumber	bibliography, notes, index
PublicationDate	1997-07-31
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	1997-07-31
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press

Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935

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