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The radium girls [large print] : the dark story of America's shining women / by Moore, Kate(Writer and editor),author.(CARDINAL)340495;
Includes bibliographical references.A full-length account of the struggles of hundreds of women who were exposed to dangerous levels of radium while working factory jobs during World War I describes how they were mislead by their employers and became embroiled in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Large print books.; Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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The radium girls [sound recording] : the dark story of America's shining women / by Moore, Kate(Writer and editor),author.(CARDINAL)340495; Brazil, Angela(Angela Kay),narrator.(CARDINAL)344791;
Read by Angela Brazil.In 1917, as a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous. The girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. The very thing that had made them feel alive, their work, was in fact slowly killing them: they had been poisoned by the radium paint. Yet their employers denied all responsibility. And so, in the face of unimaginable suffering, in the face of death, these courageous women refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice.Compact discs.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / by Moore, Kate,author.(CARDINAL)435459;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-467) and index.Pt. 1. Knowledge -- Pt. 2. Power -- Pt. 3. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript."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. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe; they light up the night like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive - until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. But the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects, and the women's cries of corruption. And as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, 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." --980LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 63 / Total copies: 87
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Radium girls, women and industrial health reform : 1910-1935 / by Clark, Claudia.(CARDINAL)211221;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index.Watch Alice glow: the New Jersey radium dialpainters -- The unknown God: radium, research, and businesses -- Something about that factory: the dialpainters and the Consumers' League -- A "hitherto unrecognized" occupational hazard: the discovery of radium poisoning -- A David fighting the Goliath of industrialism: compensation in New Jersey and Connecticut -- Is that watch fad worth the price?: industrial radium poisoning and federal courts and agencies -- Gimme a gamma: iatrogenic radium poisoning -- We slapped radium around like cake frosting: dialpainting in Illinois."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.1410L
Subjects: Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The radium girls [sound recording] : the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark / by Moore, Kate(Writer and editor),author.(CARDINAL)340495; Sands, Xe,narrator.(CARDINAL)356794;
Read by Xe Sands.Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky, until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal.
Subjects: Case studies.; Children's audiobooks.; Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; Women employees; Employers' liability;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The radium girls : the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark / by Moore, Kate(Writer and editor),author.(CARDINAL)340495;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"--Knowledge. First day ; Wartime warning ; All change ; The mysterious maladies of Mollie Maggia ; Girls wanted ; Mere coincidence? ; Radium games ; Strange symptoms ; "Something going on" ; Investigations underway ; Warning shots ; Lip, dip, paint ; Truth and lies ; Hoffman helps ; Making history ; Hope -- Power. The list of the doomed ; Dead end ; Until death do us part ; Make or break ; "Fraud of frauds" ; In the shadow of the church spire ; Back from the grave ; The trial of the decade ; On the stand ; "Far from finished in this fight" ; Settlement? ; The chill of fear ; Happy ending? ; Midnight machinations ; A cold, cold winter ; Time-bomb tumors ; A very big mistake ; The end of the adventure ; Brave until the last -- Justice. Conspiracy? ; "Very suspicious" ; Verdict ; Fighting back ; A desire for justice ; Legal champion ; A long and lonely fall ; Her day in court ; Too weak for tears ; Bedside hearing ; The society of the living dead ; One more day.880LAges 8 and up.Accelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Case studies.; Watch dial painters; Radium paint; Consumers' leagues; Industrial hygiene; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; Women employees; Employers' liability;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 26
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Qst. by American Radio Relay League.;
Applied science & technology indexConsumers index to product evaluations and information sourcesReference sourcesSuspended Oct. 1917-May 1919.
Subjects: Radio;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 5
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Fandom analytics : creating and harnessing consumer and cultural passion / by Lewis, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)728873;
Includes bibliographical references.Fandom: the business of cultural passion -- Fandom analytics framework -- Stories and Narratives -- Fandom communities and fan identity -- Fan attitudes and survey research -- Fandom equity -- Fan lifetime value -- Sponsorships and fandom transference -- Sports analytics: player evaluations and game decisions -- Sports analytics: leagues, teams, players, and fans -- Fandom beyond sports -- The future of fandom and fandom analytics.The success of modern sports, entertainment, political, and other cultural categories is driven by organizations' ability to create and manage fandom. This book explores fandom from a marketing perspective providing a multidisciplinary framework for understanding, measuring, and growing fandom. It provides a fandom analytics framework for creating and managing fandom and identifies the macro forces (technology, demographics, etc.) that are changing fandom's structure and societal role. The book goes beyond understanding the foundations of fandom by demonstrating how marketing tools may be employed to value and manage fandom assets. It is designed for existing and new generations of sports and entertainment professionals, as well as scholars, students, and academics interested in sports and entertainment marketing and analytics.
Subjects: Marketing research.; Fans (Persons);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Negro league baseball : the rise and ruin of a Black institution / by Lanctot, Neil,1966-(CARDINAL)383502;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-478) and index.A fragile industry and a struggling community -- External threats and internal dissension -- Growing pains -- A new beginning -- An industry transformed -- Life inside a changing industry -- On the outside looking in -- Breakthrough and setback -- Integration and the changing postwar world -- "The golden era has passed" -- The end of a business."The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable window into several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the north and south. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building.""Baseball occupied an important social and economic role in black communities, yet histories of the Negro Leagues have often focused on the exploits of individual players or specific teams. In contrast, Neil Lanctot offers an account of black baseball that attempts to achieve a better understanding not only of the administration of the Negro Leagues but also of the unique forces shaping their operation."--Jacket."Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of official league documents and correspondence, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records."The gradual movement toward integration during the 1940s marked the beginning of the end for black professional baseball. Though aware of the threat, Negro League owners failed to develop any plan to prepare for the possibility of integrated professional baseball, and in 1945, when Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Kansas City Monarch infielder Jackie Robinson, it was a triumph for the nation's African Americans but an embarrassment for industry officials. The decline of black baseball from that point on was inevitable, and by the early 1960s the leagues had ceased to exist."Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, Lanctot provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions."
Subjects: Negro leagues; Baseball;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Epically earnest / by Horan, Molly,author.; Based on (work): Wilde, Oscar,1854-1900.Importance of being earnest.;
"Jane Worthing's claim to fame is that she was one of the first viral internet sensations...discovered as a one-year-old in an oversized Gucci bag by her adopted father in a Poughkeepsie train station. Now in her senior year of high school, Janey is questioning whether she wants to look for her bio family due to a loving, but deeply misguided push from her best friend Algie, while also navigating an all-consuming crush on his cousin, the beautiful, way-out-of-her-league Gwen Fairfax"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Adoptees; Families; Birthmothers; Best friends; Friendship; Gay teenagers; Bisexual youth; Friendships.; Bisexual youth.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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