Kate Moore is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls, which won the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best History, was voted U.S. librarians' favorite nonfiction book of 2017, and was named a Notable Nonfiction Book of 2018 by the American Library Association. A British writer based in London, Kate writes across a variety of genres and has had multiple titles on the Sunday Times bestseller list. She is passionate about politics, storytelling, and resurrecting forgotten heroes.
"Radium Girls spares us nothing of their suffering; though at times
the foreshadowing reads more like a true-crime story, Moore is
intent on making the reader viscerally understand the pain in which
these young women were living, and through which they had to fight
in order to get their problems recognized...The story of real women
at the mercy of businesses who see them only as a potential risk to
the bottom line is haunting precisely because of how little has
changed; the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still." --
NPR Books
"A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific, and the
personal, this richly detailed book sheds a whole new light on this
unique element and the role it played in changing workers' rights.
The Radium Girls makes it impossible for you to ignore these
women's incredible stories, and proves why, now more than ever, we
can't afford to ignore science, either." -- Bustle
"Carefully researched, the work will stun readers with its
descriptions of the glittering artisans who, oblivious to health
dangers, twirled camel-hair brushes to fine points using their
mouths, a technique called lip-pointing...Moore details what was a
'ground-breaking, law-changing, and life-saving accomplishment' for
worker's rights." -- Publishers Weekly
"Compelling chronicle of women whose work maimed and killed them
while their employers, their doctors and their government turned a
blind eye to their suffering" -- The Seattle Times
"Kate Moore has dug deep to expose a wrong that still resonates-as
it should-in this country. Exceptional!" -- San Francisco Book
Review
"Kate Moore vividly depicts the female factory workers whose
courage led to a revolution in industrial safety standards. In
describing their heart wrenching struggles and bittersweet
triumphs, Moore delivers an intimate portrait of these pioneers.
Uplifting and beautifully written, The Radium Girls is a tribute to
the strength of women everywhere." -- Nathalia Holt, New York Times
bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who
Propelled Us From Missiles to the Moon to Mars
"Kate Moore's gripping narrative about the betrayal of the radium
girls--gracefully told and exhaustively researched--makes this a
nonfiction classic. I particularly admire Moore's compassion for
her subjects and her story-telling prowess, which brings alive a
shameful era in America's industrial history." -- Rinker Buck,
author of The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey and Flight of
Passage
"Moore's well-researched narrative is written with clarity and a
sympathetic voice that brings these figures and their struggles to
life...a must-read for anyone interested in American and women's
history, as well as topics of law, health, and industrial safety."
-- STARRED Library Journal
"This timely book celebrates the strength of a group of women,
whose determination to fight improved both labor laws and
scientific knowledge of radium poisoning. Written in a highly
readable, narrative style, Moore's chronicle of these inspirational
women's lives is sure to provoke discussion--and outrage--in book
groups." -- Booklist-STARRED review
"We sometimes need reminding of where health and safety came from,
and why it is so very important for progress. The Radium Girls
compels us to remember." -- Chemistry World
"Written with the taut pacing of a novel, Kate Moore's The Radium
Girls tells the horrifying true story of the young women who worked
in radium dial factories in the 1920s and '30s...Their incredible
story, beautifully told by Kate Moore, is sure to incite equal
parts compassion and horror in the reader." -- BookPage
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