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- catalog abstract ""In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop mysterious, often fatal illnesses that they traced to conditions in the workplace. Their fight to have their symptoms recognized as an industrial disease represents an important chapter in the history of modern health and labor policy. Clark's account emphasizes the social and political factors that influenced the responses of the workers, managers, government officials, medical specialists, and legal authorities involved in the case. She enriches the story by exploring contemporary disputes over workplace control, government intervention, and industry-backed medical research. Finally, in appraising the dialpainters' campaign to secure compensation and prevention of further incidents -- efforts launched with the help of the reform-minded, middle-class women of the Consumers' League -- Clark is able to evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of the industrial health movement as a whole"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog contributor b10278325.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop mysterious, often fatal illnesses that they traced to conditions in the workplace. Their fight to have their symptoms recognized as an industrial disease represents an important chapter in the history of modern health and labor policy. Clark's account emphasizes the social and political factors that influenced the responses of the workers, managers, government officials, medical specialists, and legal authorities involved in the case. She enriches the story by exploring contemporary disputes over workplace control, government intervention, and industry-backed medical research. Finally, in appraising the dialpainters' campaign to secure compensation and prevention of further incidents -- efforts launched with the help of the reform-minded, middle-class women of the Consumers' League -- Clark is able to evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of the industrial health movement as a whole"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Watch Alice Glow: The New Jersey Radium Dialpainters -- Ch. 2. The Unknown God: Radium, Research, and Businesses -- Ch. 3. Something about That Factory: The Dialpainters and the Consumers' League -- Ch. 4. A "Hitherto Unrecognized" Occupational Hazard: The Discovery of Radium Poisoning -- Ch. 5. A David Fighting the Goliath of Industrialism: Compensation in New Jersey and Connecticut -- Ch. 6. Is That Watch Fad Worth the Price? Industrial Radium Poisoning and Federal Courts and Agencies -- Ch. 7. Gimme a Gamma: Iatrogenic Radium Poisoning -- Ch. 8. We Slapped Radium Around Like Cake Frosting: Dialpainting in Illinois.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-280) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 289 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Radium girls, women and industrial health reform.".
- catalog identifier "0807823317 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807846406 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Radium girls, women and industrial health reform.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Radium girls, women and industrial health reform.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "1997 J-692".
- catalog subject "363.11/9681114 20".
- catalog subject "Consumer Organizations United States History.".
- catalog subject "Consumer Organizations history".
- catalog subject "Consumers' leagues United States History.".
- catalog subject "HD6067.2.U6 C55 1997".
- catalog subject "Industrial hygiene United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Occupational Health United States History.".
- catalog subject "Occupational Health history".
- catalog subject "Radium adverse effects United States.".
- catalog subject "Radium adverse effects.".
- catalog subject "Radium paint Toxicology.".
- catalog subject "WN 300 C592r 1997".
- catalog subject "Watch dial painters Diseases United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Watch Alice Glow: The New Jersey Radium Dialpainters -- Ch. 2. The Unknown God: Radium, Research, and Businesses -- Ch. 3. Something about That Factory: The Dialpainters and the Consumers' League -- Ch. 4. A "Hitherto Unrecognized" Occupational Hazard: The Discovery of Radium Poisoning -- Ch. 5. A David Fighting the Goliath of Industrialism: Compensation in New Jersey and Connecticut -- Ch. 6. Is That Watch Fad Worth the Price? Industrial Radium Poisoning and Federal Courts and Agencies -- Ch. 7. Gimme a Gamma: Iatrogenic Radium Poisoning -- Ch. 8. We Slapped Radium Around Like Cake Frosting: Dialpainting in Illinois.".
- catalog title "Radium girls, women and industrial health reform : 1910-1935 / Claudia Clark.".
- catalog type "text".