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Radium Girls: The Glow in the Dark Women Who Changed Everything
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Episode Radium Girls: The Glow in the Dark Women Who Changed Everything
It was the most glamorous job girls could get during WW1... until it turned fatal.
In an emotional episode of No One Saw It Coming, author Kate Moore tells Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mastermind) the harrowing true story of the Radium Girls, a group of dial painters who had no idea the job they loved was slowly killing them. When the world turned their back on the Radium Girls, they fought a David and Goliath battle against the company that sentenced them to death - and won.
Their heroic fight changed labour laws forever, and their legacy continues to resonate in the field of science today.
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