Our stream today comes from hall, ma hardcore act undark and the radium girls. The radium girls saga holds an important place in the history of both the field of health physics and the labor rights movement. Thanks to the radium girls and their success in bringing attention to the deplorable conditions in us factories, industrial safety standards in the us were significantly tightened over the following years, an improvement which definitely spared countless others from similar fates. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. 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. Radium dials are watch, clock and other instrument dials painted with radioluminescent paint containing radium226. Inspired by a true story, radium girls traces the efforts of grace fryer, a dial painter, as she. The radium girls by kate moore overdrive rakuten overdrive. Radium dials are watch, clock and other instrument dials painted with radioluminescent paint containing radium 226. Radium valley tales from the apocalypse by radium valley, released 22 september 2014 1.
This was true even prior to the creation of the manhattan project. Jeff has since moved back to texas, and out of respect to the japanese lineup of the band, has changed the name to radioactivity. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from undark and the radium girls. Deciding to focus on the employers, the united states radium corporation in new jersey and the radium dial company in illinois, moore alternates chapters focusing on more than 15 women employed in newark and a dozen women in ottawa.
Undark and the radium girls s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Oct 18, 2017 the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still. Mar 01, 2017 in the a new book titled the radium girls. Feathersongs for factory girls comes as a two disc set in a fullcolor gatefold sleeve. A new york times, usa today, and wall street journal bestseller. Undark and the radium girls january 2007 forums cnet. The right of individual workers to sue for damages from corporations due to labor abuse was established as a result of the radium girls case.
The radium girls we began playing together freshman year in college, which mostly was just daydreaming and not cutting our hair. Radium girls e m i l y j o h n c h r i s d a v e we are not female fronted anything. Swedish squad radium grrrls, featuring members of totem skin and livet som insats, bring their intense brand of hardcore punk on their debut 7 pro choice. If youve never heard of this particular incident before, the radium girls were factory workers who had the joy of unknowingly contracting radiation poisoning while doing the seemingly innocuous task of. The dark story of americas shining women, kate moore tells the story of how these dial painters took on. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radiumdial factories. The radium girls were a group of female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glowinthedark paint at the united states radium factory in orange, new jersey around 1917. Apr 18, 2017 she found two narrowly focused, quasiacademic books about the saga but nothing for general audiences.
Undark and the radium girls listen and stream free music. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them. The radium girls were the first people who worked, for years, with one of the worlds most radioactive substances and suffered the consequences. Kate moore, author of the radium girls kate moores new book digs into the short, painful lives of the radium girls, who worked painting luminous dials on. The dark story of americas shining women, kate moore tells the story of how these dial painters took on the radium companies that made them sickas. The forgotten story of the radium girls, whose deaths saved thousands of workers lives. British author moore felix the railway cat, 2017 takes a slice of ugly american history from nearly a century ago, telling a compelling narrative that could be ripped from recent headlines. In 1922, a bank teller named grace fryer became concerned. Jun 12, 2017 join host becky anderson as she talks with author kate moore about her new book, the radium girls, the incredible true story of the women who fought americas undark danger. We played all over rochester and released a demo in 2008, but we craved more and with lots of coffee, we finished our debut album from the woodwork. Undark and the radium girls listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos. And in 2011, she and erika kobayashi formed project undark to record the texts of radium girls. Stripmall architecture feathersongs for factory girls.
Their storys implications extend far beyond the world of horology. Join host becky anderson as she talks with author kate moore about her new book, the radium girls, the incredible true story of the women who. Wings of disease worldwide release september 22nd 2014 pavement entertainment. The paints, sold under the brand name undark, were used for numbers on the dials of military watches. The incredible true story of the women who fought americas undark dangerthe 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. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Before the dangers of radiation were thoroughly exposed through tragedies like the radium.
The radium girls is a truly shocking nonfiction read about women in the 1920s who were hired to paint watch dials with a luminous and deadly substance. Today we take a look at the frustrating and jawdropping history of the radium girls. During world war i, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dials with. An eclectic radio from france chamonix montblanc paris, without speeches or advertisings. But it is also a preface to the farreaching effects of contamination that persist today, and perhaps others that have yet to be revealed. Lets get lost by white woods, released 31 december 2011 1. Young, naive and conscientious, the shining girls kept lipdipping and painting to achieve that precise point even when. Radium corporation extracted and purified radium, a chemical element found in the alkaline earth metals section of the periodic table, and used the resulting product to manufacture phosphorescent paints.
Before the dangers of radiation were thoroughly exposed through tragedies like the radium girls, who were poisoned applying the supposedly. Chemistry world the radium girls is the story of a group of people who fought for justice and basic human rights. Radium dial production peaked in the first decade of the 20th century as radiation poisoning was then unknown. Music profile for undark and the radium girls, formed 2009. Npr books the incredible true story of the women who fought americas undark danger. Undark and the radium girls music, videos, stats, and. Undark and the radium girlss profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Listen to music from undark and the radium girls like a painting. The curies newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of. The incredible true story of the women who fought americas undark danger. Am i the only person who dug the project undark radium girls 2011 stuff. This happened in a tiny room, barely able to fit us.
Apr 10, 2015 the radium girls were the first people who worked, for years, with one of the worlds most radioactive substances and suffered the consequences. With such a coveted job, these shining girls are the luckiest alive until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. In the belly of the brazen bull british band, refuse to. A few years ago, while living in london, the author went online to search for great plays for women, and she found these shining lives, a play by melanie marnich about the radium poisonings and. Recommended reading npr interviews kate moore, author of the radium girls in the early 20th century, the united states radium corporation employed young women to paint watch and clock dials with luminous material. Source our stream today comes from hall, ma hardcore act undark and the radium girls. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. The radium girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from. The ore was mined from the paradox valley in colorado and other undark mines in utah. Stream tracks and playlists from radium on your desktop or mobile device. Weve got a stream of the bands forthcoming ep, dark love. Dieter moebius on phews project undark radium girls project, jim orourke and. Since 2004 i have released 5 albums and 3 eps under the moniker akido. Plot summary of radium girls in 1926, radium was a miracle cure, madame curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rageuntil the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease.
The radium girls the radium girls audiobook, by kate moore. New jersey punk band night birds has a song titled radium girls on their 2018. Radioactivity is a continuation of the novice, jeff burkes band while living in japan. Shortly after, friends of theirs started a nonprofit organization titled helping everyone live longer.
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