Remembering the Radium Girls

In 1917, a young woman who just graduated from high school started working at the radium factory in Orange City, New Jersey. This work is a mixture of water, adhesive, radium powder for work that draws dial, aircraft switch, dashboard. As these paints were invented newly so it was so cool that she did not hesitate to paint her nails and lips with her friends. This is Grace Flyer 's life. Today people feel uneasy about radiation problems, fearing nuclear radiation, collapse, or act of terrorism.

"The Radium Girls" by Kate Moore is the true story of Radium Luminous Materials Corporation in Newark, New Jersey and Radium Dial Company in Ottowa, Illinois. Radium is a prosperous career in America after the war and the national attention as its miraculous substance made these companies a popular place for local women to earn wages. Mr. Moore explained Ra's attack is not the first attraction of many workers, but its unique luminescent properties can not be denied - it is very simple

In a new book titled "Radium Girl: A Brilliant Woman in a Dark Woman in America", Katemore dealt with how a radium company that made them sick because these dial painters died of radium poisoning I talked about. Their case is the key to strengthening workplace safety standards for new Americans. Manhattan planning scientists learned to protect themselves from radiation while taking into account their warning stories. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Google Play currently offers snippets of free ebooks. It was released in the US in May.

At a factory like Radium Luminous Materials Corporation on Third Street in Newark, I used a small brush in their mouth like a 14 year old young woman, Catherine Schaub. Their days. Sitting next to each girl is a small plate of radium powder, she mixed it with a few drops of water and a binder. This combination made a light green paste called Undark, which was used to carefully draw figures on the surface of the watch. These girls are called clock painters and they are asked to put their brush in their mouths to improve accuracy.