How were you inspired by the strength of the "shining girls", and how can you carry that onwards to incite change in your own life?.Besides radium, what other world-altering discoveries can you think of that both led to advancement, and also tragedy?.
Explore how radium has changed the world in a positive way. Although radium can be seen as an evil entity in the book, it's also been used for the greater good.How did it change your appreciation of or engagement with the story to know the smaller, personal details of the girls' lives? Is there another historical event where you've noticed women being pushed to the sidelines? The Radium Girls is told mostly through the eyes of the radium-dial workers, their families, and friends however, previous research never focused on their personal journeys.
Despite the harrowing implications, why do you feel this story hasn't been widely explored? This means that the bodies of the women and parts of the towns in which they worked remain poisonous to this day.
How do you think today's world would be different had The Radium Girls not fought back against the radium companies?.How do you believe the radium companies, and the press, would have reacted differently to the scandal had the workers been male? Considering the time period, how did their gender help and hinder their case?.Why do you believe they were so resilient, and can you imagine modern companies behaving with such similar ruthlessness? Even after radium was proved poisonous, and the illness verified as work-related, the radium companies stood fast by their convictions.Is there a figure in The Radium Girls that resonates more strongly with you than others? If so, what part of their story or character stood out?.Which part of the story affected you the most, and why?
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