In 1922, an exciting new opportunity came to the women of Ottawa, Illinois. The Radium Dial Company opened a factory and began hiring well-paid female employees by the dozen. Their job was to paint ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers unite against dangerous factory conditions in "Radium Girls," a new show opening at The Empty Space. The play is based on ...
WILLIMANTIC — The Burton Leavitt Theatre will transform into the 1920s when “Radium Girls” takes the stage for its first performance Friday. The play, written by D.W. Gregory, tells the story of Grace ...
A century ago, radium in scant quantities was thought to be healthful. People sipped it diluted in water and applied makeup made with it. They consumed milk and butter laced with it and brushed their ...
In the 1920s, a group of women using radium to paint watch dials unknowingly sealed their fate, exposing themselves to a deadly substance that would forever change their lives. Radium Girls, now being ...
GREENFIELD — Greenfield-Central drama students are tackling some serious material this week in their fall play, which takes the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “These Shining Lives” ...
On New Year's Eve a few minutes before midnight I finished reading the book, "Deadly Glow -- The Radium Dial Worker Tragedy," by Ross Mullner. Minutes later as people in Peru, Ill., began celebrating, ...
Workers unite against dangerous factory conditions in "Radium Girls," a new show opening at The Empty Space. The play is based on the real-life cases of early 20th century female factory workers who ...