Hundreds of women and girls were exposed to a radioactive chemical at an Illinois factory in the 1920s. Years later, they helped change workplace safety standards. In the early 1900s, radium was all ...

The young women sat in rows, heads bent, painting numbers on paper watch and clock faces with luminous paint. The numbers on the wristwatches and clock dials were so tiny, the workers needed a very ...

State radiation regulators reacted to the Scribbler’s March inquiry about two local watch-manufacturing companies that used radioactive materials by initiating a comprehensive investigation of the ...

In 1916, dial painting was the trendy new profession for young American and Canadian women; it was artistic and well-paid. The women were paid up to three times the amount they’d be earning at other ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the chemical element radium was widely believed to cure a number of ailments. It also was used as a way to create glow-in-the-dark faces on watches and clocks.

CASE-history data are presented on 12 women who have carried in their skeletons for many years toxicologically interesting burdens of the radioisotopes Ra 226 (radium, or Ra) and Ra 228 (mesothorium, ...

It was the job hundreds of young women fought for — but while the work seemed glamorous, there was a dark side that quickly turned deadly. In 1916, dial painting was the trendy new profession for ...