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How Did the Radium Girls Change Workers' Rights?

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:08:29
Publish Date: 2023-04-05 20:08:55
Description:

In the early 1900s, women who fell deathly ill from working with radioactive paint fought back when their employers denied responsibility. They changed workers' safety laws -- though many didn't live to see the results. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/radium-girls.htm

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