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2020: Honestly? This book was too long, and I could not follow who was which girl and what distinguished them. tl;dr radium is bad, capitalism is bad, everyone dies
The book certainly sheds light on how influential these women were in getting workplace protections in place, and how horribly destructive the Radium Dial Corporation was. I think we owe them a very huge debt of gratitude, and of course I love a book that shouts out women who deserve it.
However, I didn’t learn anything new. Going into this book, I knew the story of the Radium Girls, that exposure to radium was bad and destroyed bones, and that’s about exactly what I know coming out of it as well. I acknowledge that that was mostly Moore’s goal when she wrote the book - she wanted to explore the home lives of the women who died and honor their sacrifices. I just wish I had learned a little more coming out of this 477 pages of “the girls discovered they were getting sick from the RADIUM?! Can you believe it!!?” Yes. Yes I can.
The book certainly sheds light on how influential these women were in getting workplace protections in place, and how horribly destructive the Radium Dial Corporation was. I think we owe them a very huge debt of gratitude, and of course I love a book that shouts out women who deserve it.
However, I didn’t learn anything new. Going into this book, I knew the story of the Radium Girls, that exposure to radium was bad and destroyed bones, and that’s about exactly what I know coming out of it as well. I acknowledge that that was mostly Moore’s goal when she wrote the book - she wanted to explore the home lives of the women who died and honor their sacrifices. I just wish I had learned a little more coming out of this 477 pages of “the girls discovered they were getting sick from the RADIUM?! Can you believe it!!?” Yes. Yes I can.