Radium girls, women and industrial health reform : 1910-1935 /

In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Claudia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1910-1935.
Watch dial painters > Diseases > United States > History.
Radium paint > Toxicology.
Consumers' leagues > United States > History.
Industrial hygiene > United States > History > 20th century.
Consumer Organizations > history
Occupational Health > history
Radium > adverse effects
Peintres de cadrans (Horlogerie) > Maladies > États-Unis > Histoire.
Peinture au radium > Toxicologie.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Associations > Histoire.
Hygiène industrielle > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Peintres de cadran (Horlogerie) > Maladies > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Health & Safety.
Consumers' leagues.
Industrial hygiene.
Arbeiterin
Strahlenschaden
Arbeitsschutz
Radium
Vrouwenarbeid.
Beroepsziekten.
Radium.
Uurwerkindustrie.
Radium > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis > 20ème siècle.
Femmes > Travail > États-Unis > 20ème siècle.
United States
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Watch Alice Glow The New Jersey Radium Dialpainters
  • The Unknown God Radium, Research, and Businesses
  • Something about That Factory The Dialpainters and the Consumers' League
  • A "Hitherhto Unrecognized" Occupational Hazard The Discovery of Radium Poisoning
  • A David Fighting Goliath of Industrialism Compensation in New Jersey and Connecticut
  • Is That Watch Fad Worth The Price? Industrial Radium Poisoning and Federal Courts and Agencies
  • Gimme a Gamma Iatrogenic Radium Poisoning
  • We Slapped Radium Around Like Cake Frosting Dialpainting in Illinois
  • Conclusion.

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