Radium
The Main Girls
USRC
100

Who found radium?

Pierre and Marie Curie

100

Which girl beat USRC in court 8 times?

Catherine Wolfe Donahue

100

What are the two USRC main locations?

Ottawa, Illinois, and Orange, New Jersey

200

What body part was most commonly destroyed by radium?

The tissue

200

Which girl died a year before their wedding?

Peg Looney

200

Why did USRC postpone the court case against Catherine Wolfe Donahue?

They claimed they had 50 defendants, and they wanted to wait for her to die

300

How could radium save you if you had cancer?

It could destroy the tumor

300

Which girl quit their job first?

Grace Fryer

300

Who was the president of USRC?

Arthur Roeder

400

How much money could radium cost for a single gram during the timeline of this book?

120,000 per gram

400

Which girl was the MAIN reason why USRC got shut down? 

Catherine Wolfe Donahue

400

What was the name of USRC before it was called USCRC?

Radium Luminous Materials Corporation

500

What percent of radium was used for dialing and painting?

95 percent

500

Which girl had a sacroma of the knee?

Katherine Schaub

500

Who was USRC's vice president?

Howard Barker