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020 a| 9781945820991q| (paperback);

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100 1 a| Cy,d| 1990-e| author,e| artist.=| ^A1471009;

240 10 a| Radium girls.l| English=| ^A1471010;

245 10 a| Radium girls /c| author, Cy ; English lettering, E.K. Weaver ; English translation by, Ivanka Hahnenberger.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| Chicago, IL :b| Iron Circus Comics,c| 2022.;

300 a| 135 pages :b| chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

336 a| still imageb| sti2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Cover glows in the dark.;

520 a| "A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918. It's 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the "Ghost Girls." The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of glowing, radioactive powder that clings to their clothes after every shift painting watch dials. The soft, greenish glow even stains their lips and tongues, which they use to point the fine brushes used in their work. It's perfectly harmless... or so claims the watch manufacturer. When teeth start falling out, followed by jawbones, the dial painters become the unprepared vanguard on the frontlines of the burgeoning workers' rights movement. Desperate for compensation and acknowledgement from the company that has doomed them, the Ghost Girls must fight, not just for their own lives but the future of every woman to follow them."--c| Publisher's description.;

546 a| In English, Translated from the French.;

610 20 a| United States Radium Corporationv| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A1353327;

650 0 a| Radium paintx| Toxicologyv| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A859690;

655 2 a| Graphic Novel.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

700 1 a| Weaver, E. K.e| letterer.=| ^A1470551;

700 1 a| Hahnenberger, Ivanka,e| translator.=| ^A1421127;

710 2 a| Iron Circus Comics,e| publisher.=| ^A1471104;

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Radium girls / author, Cy ; English lettering, E.K. Weaver ; English translation by, Ivanka Hahnenberger.

Author/creator	Cy, 1990- author, artist.
Other author	Weaver, E. K. letterer.
Other author	Hahnenberger, Ivanka, translator.
Other author	Iron Circus Comics, publisher.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Chicago, IL : Iron Circus Comics, 2022.
Copyright Date	©2020
Description	135 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Subjects	United States Radium Corporation--Comic books, strips, etc. Watch dial painters--Diseases. --United States. --History. --Comic books, strips, etc. Women employees--Diseases. --United States. --Comic books, strips, etc. Radium paint--Toxicology. --Comic books, strips, etc. Radium industry--United States. --History. --20th century. --Comic books, strips, etc. Industrial hygiene--United States. --History. --20th century. --Comic books, strips, etc. World War, 1914-1918--Women. --United States. --Comic books, strips, etc. Orange (N.J.)--History. --20th century. --Comic books, strips, etc.

Uniform title	Radium girls. English
Abstract	"A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918. It's 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the "Ghost Girls." The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of glowing, radioactive powder that clings to their clothes after every shift painting watch dials. The soft, greenish glow even stains their lips and tongues, which they use to point the fine brushes used in their work. It's perfectly harmless... or so claims the watch manufacturer. When teeth start falling out, followed by jawbones, the dial painters become the unprepared vanguard on the frontlines of the burgeoning workers' rights movement. Desperate for compensation and acknowledgement from the company that has doomed them, the Ghost Girls must fight, not just for their own lives but the future of every woman to follow them."-- Publisher's description.
General note	First published in French by Gľnat ditions, ©2020.
General note	Cover glows in the dark.
Language	In English, Translated from the French.
ISBN	1945820993 (paperback)
ISBN	9781945820991 (paperback)

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