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Striking a LightConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1266, Segment 1

Nov 9, 2021 • 36m

Pitiful salaries, pointless expense deductions, and lunchrooms filled with phosphorus fumes that rotted their jaw bones—the match women had an extensive list of grievances for Bryant and May. Their bravery lit a match that sparked labor reform across a nation. Guest: Louise Raw, author of "Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History" (rebroadcast)

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Radium GirlsNov 9, 202117mThey were already doomed to die, but that didn't stop them from fighting to change their world.

They were already doomed to die, but that didn't stop them from fighting to change their world.

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