An element of mystery
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Kate Moore, the Author of The Radium Girls joins us to discuss her book.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the newly discovered element, radium, was used in everything from body lotion to tonic water. But when the poisonous side effects of radium took hold, a group of working-class women launched a groundbreaking battle that influenced the future of scientific discovery and workers’ rights. Kate Moore, the Author of The Radium Girls joins us to discuss.
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An element of mystery
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the newly discovered element, radium, was used in everything from body lotion to tonic water. But when the poisonous side effects of radium took hold, a group of working-class women launched a groundbreaking battle that influenced the future of scientific discovery and workers’ rights. Kate Moore, the Author of The Radium Girls joins us to discuss.
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