The Sad Story Of The ‘Radium Girls,’ 1920s Factory Workers Poisoned By Radioactive Paint
All That's Interesting | 18.05.2026 05:00
During World War I, scores of American women on the homefront joined the workforce for the first time. Those who landed a job painting objects like clock dials with glow-in-the-dark radium counted themselves especially lucky, as the pay was fantastic and the work was light. But many of these so-called “Radium Girls” met a terrible fate.
