Strange Country Ep. 34: Radium Girls
Radium was beautiful to Marie Curie even though it killed her, and radium made the teens and young women employed at United States Radium Corp. shine in the night. They put their radium coated paintbrushes in their mouths like they'd been trained, and ingested the deadly substance. Strange Country Co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the ramifications, the workers' struggle and their plans to open a different type of food truck in ep. 34.
Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands
Cite Your Sources:
"All Radium Plants in Federal Inquiry." The New York Times, 21 June 1925, pp. 18–18…
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