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What material were the military dials painted with?
What material were the military dials painted with?
Radium
Why were young women hired for the painting jobs?
Why were young women hired for the painting jobs?
Because their small hands were well suited for the exacting, detailed work.
Who discovered radium?
Who discovered radium?
Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Why were the women hired to paint dials referred to as 'ghost girls'?
Why were the women hired to paint dials referred to as 'ghost girls'?
What did some of the painters apply the paint to?
What did some of the painters apply the paint to?
How were the painters instructed to bring their paint brushes to a fine point?
How were the painters instructed to bring their paint brushes to a fine point?
Who was the first of the 'Radium Girls' to experience physical symptoms from radium exposure?
Who was the first of the 'Radium Girls' to experience physical symptoms from radium exposure?
What was the first symptom experienced by Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia due to radium exposure?
What was the first symptom experienced by Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia due to radium exposure?
What company did Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia work for as a watch painter?
What company did Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia work for as a watch painter?
How did doctors initially determine the cause of Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia's condition?
How did doctors initially determine the cause of Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia's condition?
When did the public start to assume that radium was safe?
When did the public start to assume that radium was safe?
Who developed a test in 1925 that proved conclusively that radium had poisoned the watch painters?
Who developed a test in 1925 that proved conclusively that radium had poisoned the watch painters?
What role did attorney Raymond Berry agree to take in 1927?
What role did attorney Raymond Berry agree to take in 1927?
What did the United States Radium Corp. continue to deny even when the issue of radium safety became a front-page story?
What did the United States Radium Corp. continue to deny even when the issue of radium safety became a front-page story?
When did the radium industry try to discredit Martland’s findings?
When did the radium industry try to discredit Martland’s findings?
What did the Radium Girls want to do to help their colleagues still working with the deadly substance?
What did the Radium Girls want to do to help their colleagues still working with the deadly substance?
