Participants in the Hoopla Huddle Discussion Group will get together for their next meeting to discuss The Radium Girls by Kate Moore.
The online discussion will be held through Zoom at 3:00 PM on Monday, September 28, and you can receive the login information after you register for the Hoopla Huddle through our Online Calendar.
BOOK DESCRIPTION: The Curies’ newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty and wonder drug of the medical community. Hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories.The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe.
They begin to fall mysteriously ill and the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects. The brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America’s early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers’ rights that will echo for centuries to come.
The Hoopla Huddle Discussion Group is open to everyone, and you can download The Radium Girls right now with your Library Card as an ebook or an audiobook.
Published on August 28, 2020.
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