SCIENCE!
Who discovered radium? (2 people)
Marie and Pierre Curie
In which two U.S. cities and states did the Radium Dial Girls primarily work painting luminous watch dials?
Newark/Orange, New Jersey
Ottawa, Illinois
Why was Catherine Wolfe Donohue fired from the Radium Dial Company after nearly a decade of work?
Her noticeable limp
What technique were the girls taught to use to shape their brushes?
Lip-pointing
Lip. Point. Dip
What was the name of the lead plaintiff in the New Jersey case?
Grace Fryer
In the 1920s, what was the only known method to test whether radium had accumulated in a person’s body?
Burning the bones
Which scientist led a 1924 investigation into the health effects of radium exposure on dial painters, only to have his findings altered and suppressed by the company that commissioned the report?
Dr. Cecil Drinker
What company opened in Ottawa, Illinois in 1932 as a direct competitor to the Radium Dial Company?
Luminous Processes
What major global event in the early 20th century led to a surge in demand for radium-painted dials, especially for use in watches and instruments?
War-World War I
What was the name of the lead plaintiff in the Ottawa, Illinois case?
Catherine Wolfe Donohue
Which disease was added to the list of compensable occupational illnesses after the Radium Girls began falling ill?
Radium Necrosis-Jaw Necrosis
During the Radium Girls trial led by attorney Raymond Berry, which witness was considered a 'superstar' for their powerful and influential testimony? (Bonus Points for his full name)
Dr. Harrison Martland
How many miles is Ottawa, Illinois from Chicago, Illinois? (+/- 5 miles)
87 miles
Sarah Maillefer, one of the Radium Girls, became a single mother under what unusual circumstance involving her husband?
He disappeared
What was the name of the lawyer who took on the Ottawa case pro bono?
Leonard Grossman
What type of radiation does radium emit?
Alpha Radiation
The lawyer, Berry, led the case of what?
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The Case of Five Woman Doomed to Die
What major U.S. organization was eventually established as a result of the workplace safety reforms sparked by the Radium Girls case?
OSHA-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
According to her original death certificate, what was listed as the cause of death for Mollie Maggia, the first of the Radium Girls to die from radium exposure?
Syphillis
Radium was able to accumulate in the bones of the Radium Girls because it mimicked which essential element in the human body?
Calcium
Which scientific laboratory conducted long-term studies on the Radium Girls to advance understanding of radium poisoning and its effects on the human body?
Argonne National Laboratory
Who founded the radium dial company? (2 people)
Von Sochocky and Dr. George Willis
What was the trademark name of the luminous paint used by the Radium Dial Company on their glow-in-the-dark watch and clock faces?
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Undark
Katherine Schaub, one of the Radium Girls, used her settlement money to travel in hopes of treating which medical condition?
Mountain View Rest for her nerves
At the height of its fame in the early 20th century, how much did a single gram of radium cost—making it one of the most expensive substances in the world at the time? (Either the cost then or the current monetary value. +/- 10,000)
120,000 then
2.2 million today