7- The Radium Girls

In this episode, Megan talks us through what happens when you ingest tiny amounts of radioactive material repeatedly over a long period of time, and a couple of court cases that helped pave the way for workplace safety regulations as we know them. We’re talking about the Radium Girls. Email [email protected] Instagram @sisterlypodcast Twitter @sisterlypodcast Ottowa Radium Dial company photo https://bit.ly/2YstTPV Company social for Orange USRC studio https://bit.ly/2OqkEM3 Catherine Donahue’s bedside hearing https://bzfd.it/331nvyv Memorial Statue in Ottowa, IL https://bit.ly/2LR9CO5 Article by Maggie Fergusson in The Spectator https://bit.ly/2K4F2hQ Article by Kate Moore for Buzzfeed https://bzfd.it/2MvkOwN Article by Kate Moore for The Telegraph https://bit.ly/2Jgdzqj Article by Rebecca Herscher for NPR https://n.pr/2SWVkMn Episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class https://apple.co/329h4Z1 Find Megan at: @meganelainecarter (Insta), @meganecarter (Twitter), megancarter.net Find Carlie at: @carterrosesherman (Insta), @carterrosesherm (Twitter) Thanks for joining us - please take a second to rate, review, and subscribe!