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79. Undark: The Story of The Radium Girls
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Вміст надано Darlene Hildreth and Melody Gwyn, Darlene Hildreth, and Melody Gwyn. Весь вміст подкастів, включаючи епізоди, графіку та описи подкастів, завантажується та надається безпосередньо компанією Darlene Hildreth and Melody Gwyn, Darlene Hildreth, and Melody Gwyn або його партнером по платформі подкастів. Якщо ви вважаєте, що хтось використовує ваш захищений авторським правом твір без вашого дозволу, ви можете виконати процедуру, описану тут https://uk.player.fm/legal.
With the discovery of radium by the Curies in 1898, great strides were made in the scientific field. Along with the possibilities were risks not yet known. One of the inventions - luminous paint- made painting watch dials big business in the early 1900s. But within two decades the dangers were coming to light.
Sources:
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sound Effect Music: Radium Dance - Composer: Schwartz, Jean , Victor Dance Orchestra. Public Domain: Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks
https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls
https://environmentalhistory.org/people/radiumgirls/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/
https://womenslibrary.org.uk/2017/11/28/radium-girls-the-dark-story-of-americas-shining-women-by-kate-moore/
https://cdn.sourcebooks.com/assets/marketingmaterials/RadiumGirls_EXCERPT.PDF
https://www.newspapers.com/image/144179268/?match=1&terms=grace%20fryer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/917879198/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/447229085/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/
Photos: Public Domain
Mollie Maggia: author Mlumbrox This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Grace Fryer photo: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Girls painting watch dials photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://www.xlsemanal.com/conocer/historia/20190131/envenenamiento-radiactivo-radio-mujeres-guerra-mundial.html Author: Mateo, Esther and Moore, Kate
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