Radium Girls and World War I
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What material were the military dials painted with?

Radium

Why were young women hired for the painting jobs?

Because their small hands were well suited for the exacting, detailed work.

Who discovered radium?

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie

Why were the women hired to paint dials referred to as 'ghost girls'?

<p>Because the radium dust made their clothes, hair, and skin glow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did some of the painters apply the paint to?

<p>Their teeth</p> Signup and view all the answers

How were the painters instructed to bring their paint brushes to a fine point?

<p>Use their lips</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first of the 'Radium Girls' to experience physical symptoms from radium exposure?

<p>Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the first symptom experienced by Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia due to radium exposure?

<p>Toothache</p> Signup and view all the answers

What company did Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia work for as a watch painter?

<p>Radium Luminous Materials Corp. (later the United States Radium Corp.)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did doctors initially determine the cause of Amelia ('Mollie') Maggia's condition?

<p>Syphilis</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the public start to assume that radium was safe?

<p>In 1925</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed a test in 1925 that proved conclusively that radium had poisoned the watch painters?

<p>Harrison Martland</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role did attorney Raymond Berry agree to take in 1927?

<p>Accept the case of the Radium Girls</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the United States Radium Corp. continue to deny even when the issue of radium safety became a front-page story?

<p>Its role in the illness and deaths of the women</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the radium industry try to discredit Martland’s findings?

<p>After he developed a test proving radium poisoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Radium Girls want to do to help their colleagues still working with the deadly substance?

<p>They wanted to do something to help</p> Signup and view all the answers

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