*Several* Women to Know: The Radium Girls
No one with power was willing to help these women. — Claudia Clark
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In factories in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut, female factory workers sat hunched over tables, meticulously hand-painting numbers on "Radiant Dial" watch faces. Years later, many fell mysteriously ill -- victims of radiation poisoning, contracted while working…
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