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Lädt ... Radium Girls [graphic novel] (2020)von Cy
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The muted color palette does so much storytelling! I also love the 1920s setting and how the art remains loyal to it in the comic's design. I read it in a few minutes, really, but the story stuck with me a while after. I remember reading a short article about the real-life women that inspired this graphic novel, but how the author portrays the protagonist's humanity and joy makes their story even more heartbreaking. It's sad that they had to suffer and advocate for themselves, despite being obviously wronged by their employers and the justice system, to make sure organizations like OSHA and workers' unions became stronger, but it's a fascinating story nonetheless. In haunting, radium-green and purple colored pencil, Cy tells the story of the women who worked in New Jersey painting watch dials with radium paint - and who, as a result, sickened and died of radium poisoning. Cy writes of the women's friendship and the ways they entertain themselves - at the movies (where they glow in the dark), at speakeasies (it's during Prohibition), and at Coney Island. Ultimately, they win a settlement from USRC - but although this covers their medical expenses, there is no cure for radium poisoning. See also: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (nonfic), Radioactive by Lauren Redniss (graphic novel) A sort of dramatized book report of The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore, this graphic novel focuses on the friendship and daily lives of the young women who were poisoned by the radioactive paint they used in their job of painting glow-in-the-dark watch dials. The first half of the book is all chats and hang-outs and having fun with the fact that their bodies now glow in the dark. The second half of the book zips through their subsequent health issues and lawsuits with a vague timeline that covers many years without much specific detail. The only standout page shows the women downstairs in the factory casually and ignorantly licking their radioactive paintbrushes to get a fine point as instructed by their supervisor, while the men in a laboratory upstairs wear masks and gloves while handling the paint ingredients with tongs. I highly recommend skipping this or using it as a stepping stone to tackling Moore's book and getting the full gripping, horrifying, and outrageous story. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Art style reminded me of Asterios Polyp ( )