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Radium Girls

Cy

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English
Iron Circus Comics
29 November 2022
"'Compelling, inspiring, and radiant.' —FOREWORD

""Excels in showing the camaraderie of the 'Ghost Girls.'—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

""Will keep readers engaged in these women's stories from the first page.' —ALA

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.

A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story."

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Imprint:   Iron Circus Comics
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 191mm, 
ISBN:   9781945820991
ISBN 10:   1945820993
Pages:   134
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 16 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Cyrielle Evrard, publishing under the nom de plume Cy, was born in 1990. She studied at the École de Condé Paris, where she did a higher cycle of illustration after a BTS Visual Communication. Her previous work includes The True Sex of Real Life, volumes 1 and 2.

Reviews for Radium Girls

If she didn't want to make a didactic album, Cy achieves her goal by doing justice to Mollie and her friends with a strong and heartbreaking book. Despite the lurking death, this album is much more alive than one might think. -- COMIXTRIP This album shines with its graphic inventiveness and exudes a tremendous joie de vivre, despite its painful epilogue. -- CASES D'HISTOIRE


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