Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

16 reviews

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Body horror, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Death, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Infertility, Pregnancy, Child death, War, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: War, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

frenchpants's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Suicidal thoughts

nrogers_1030's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

It's appalling what happened to these poor women. I felt the book could have been shorter & the narration a bit less monotone, but I still enjoyed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion and Domestic abuse

Some of the pictures in the book are a bit gruesome.

aly_anne's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

This was a tough book to read, but so very informative. These women in Ottawa, IL and in Orange, NJ paved the way for the protections we have today (re: workplace hazards and compensation), and we it is incumbent on us to remember them and their families sacrifices and hardships. Highly recommend for anyone interested in women’s history, industrial history, and the impact of capitalism on worker’s health and safety. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

alexxrose's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion, War, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

ashley_briana26's review

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book is a respectful telling of the lives of the Radium Girls. I came into this knowing nothing about them except that they existed and I closed this book only two days later and I have a much better understanding of the situation and the girls. This takes them from a vague concept of workplace safety and transforms them into real women that lived, worked, suffered, and died. The respect the author has for these victims is evident in her writing. This is not a bland statement of facts but a real story that’s being told that makes it easy to read. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, War, Abortion, and Death of parent

tklear's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Great compilation of all the research executed in a tale that unfolds our sketchy capitalistic past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Suicide, Murder, Infertility, Medical trauma, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

milesss's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Multiple times while reading I was moved to tears. An incredible account I could hardly put down. Engaging and emotional with attention to detail and honesty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Terminal illness, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Cancer

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Eating disorder, Infertility, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, War, and Suicidal thoughts

viccoll's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Death, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse