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Radium Girls / It takes over 1,500 years for the effects of radium to wear off. This means that the bodies of the w
« on: March 15, 2020, 08:13:20 pm »
It takes over 1,500 years for the effects of radium to wear off. This means that the bodies of the women and parts of the towns in which they worked remain poisonous to this day. Despite the harrowing implications, why do you feel this story hasn't been widely explored?

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Radium Girls / How do you think today's world would be different had The Radium Girls not fought back against the r
« on: March 15, 2020, 08:12:47 pm »
How do you think today's world would be different had The Radium Girls not fought back against the radium companies?

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Radium Girls / How do you believe the radium companies, and the press, would have reacted differently to the scanda
« on: March 15, 2020, 08:12:23 pm »
How do you believe the radium companies, and the press, would have reacted differently to the scandal had the workers been male? Considering the time period, how did their gender help and hinder their case?

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Radium Girls / Even after radium was proved poisonous, and the illness verified as work-related, the radium compani
« on: March 15, 2020, 08:11:56 pm »
Even after radium was proved poisonous, and the illness verified as work-related, the radium companies stood fast by their convictions. Why do you believe they were so resilient, and can you imagine modern companies behaving with such similar ruthlessness?

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Radium Girls / The Radium Girls is filled with both triumph and tragedy. Which part of the story affected you the m
« on: March 15, 2020, 08:11:17 pm »
The Radium Girls is filled with both triumph and tragedy. Which part of the story affected you the most, and why?

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