Radium GirlsConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1266, Segment 2
Nov 9, 2021 • 17m
In the early 20th century, radium was used to make luminous watch dials, but the women who painted them were slowly poisoned by the radium. They fought against powerful companies to save the lives of their friends and to achieve justice, even on their deathbeds.
Guest: Kate Moore, author of “The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” (rebroadcast)