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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
4.5! ⭐️ (Both versions: Adult & YA)
The story of “The Radium Girls” is disheartening, to say the least, yet serves as a vital reminder by shedding light on the exploitation of workers in the relentless pursuit of profit by any means.
I’ll stop here to avoid giving away any spoilers.
Overall, the story is heartbreaking, yet it offers an important lesson to be learned. Would recommend!
~ read in 3 hours. absolutely held my attention.
1 hour August 14th, 2 hours today (August 18th).
The story of “The Radium Girls” is disheartening, to say the least, yet serves as a vital reminder by shedding light on the exploitation of workers in the relentless pursuit of profit by any means.
I’ll stop here to avoid giving away any spoilers.
Overall, the story is heartbreaking, yet it offers an important lesson to be learned. Would recommend!
~ read in 3 hours. absolutely held my attention.
1 hour August 14th, 2 hours today (August 18th).
dark
informative
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore is about the women who worked as clock face painters for the Radium corporation during the 1920s and 1930s
Thoughts while reading:
-I’ve heard snippets here and there about the radium girls from other books and mediums and wanted to learn more
-I can’t help but think that if I lived in that period and was in the same position as those girls, I would have taken the job too. They were told from multiple sources that it was safe and it was a relatively prestigious and high paying job to paint those watch faces. Interesting that the techniques in Europe were different (from glass to wood styluses rather than bristle brushes)
-The descriptions of what happened to the girls was so disturbing. I knew their jaws disintegrated, but didn’t know about the pus, blood or constant agony. They suffered so much
-Unsurprising, the head of the Radium corporation was uncooperative when it came to helping their former employees
-I was shocked when the doctor that the Radium company hired wasn’t an actual medical doctor (but had his degree in philosophy). His actions were already so horribly unethical. He sounded like a real piece of work
-I’m glad the girls got a settlement, but the behaviour of the company disgusts me. I hate that Dr. Flinn
-I feel so sad for those girls in Ottawa Illinois who had their community turn against them when they filed suit against the radium company
-The story is so compelling, but the prose from the author is often so awkward
-I really wanted to know if any of the executives faced meaningful consequences.
While I didn't entirely like the writing itself, the story was so compelling that this book still grabbed me. I would give it a 4 out of 5
Thoughts while reading:
-I’ve heard snippets here and there about the radium girls from other books and mediums and wanted to learn more
-I can’t help but think that if I lived in that period and was in the same position as those girls, I would have taken the job too. They were told from multiple sources that it was safe and it was a relatively prestigious and high paying job to paint those watch faces. Interesting that the techniques in Europe were different (from glass to wood styluses rather than bristle brushes)
-The descriptions of what happened to the girls was so disturbing. I knew their jaws disintegrated, but didn’t know about the pus, blood or constant agony. They suffered so much
-Unsurprising, the head of the Radium corporation was uncooperative when it came to helping their former employees
-I was shocked when the doctor that the Radium company hired wasn’t an actual medical doctor (but had his degree in philosophy). His actions were already so horribly unethical. He sounded like a real piece of work
-I’m glad the girls got a settlement, but the behaviour of the company disgusts me. I hate that Dr. Flinn
-I feel so sad for those girls in Ottawa Illinois who had their community turn against them when they filed suit against the radium company
-The story is so compelling, but the prose from the author is often so awkward
-I really wanted to know if any of the executives faced meaningful consequences.
While I didn't entirely like the writing itself, the story was so compelling that this book still grabbed me. I would give it a 4 out of 5
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emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Really amazing and moving (and depressing) story. It’s odd what details the author chose to include…. Some of the things she chose to describe took me out of the story.
informative
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
It took me so long to read this book physically that finally I just picked up the audiobook. The way this book was written was so good and so inspiring. I wish these women got more recognition.