How Did We Survive?

The Radium Girls Who Glowed in the Dark

13 min · 24. maj 2026
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In the 1920s, painting watch dials with glowing radium was considered a glamorous job for young women—until their bones began to crumble and their jaws fell off. We explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls, whose suffering and legal battle changed workplace safety forever, and ask: how did any of them survive long enough to fight back?

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