Worked in a radium dial painting factory that made the first watches with illuminated dials. To keep their paintbrushes well pointed, the all-female painting staff would put the brush tip in their mouths. Katherine and a number of the women she worked with became the first recorded American industrial poisoning incidents on modern safety records. The radioactive material eventually built up in the bodies of the women and nearly all died of radioactive poisoning.
Along with 5 sisters
Along with 5 sisters
Worked in a radium dial painting factory that made the first watches with illuminated dials. To keep their paintbrushes well pointed, the all-female painting staff would put the brush tip in their mouths. Katherine and a number of the women she worked with became the first recorded American industrial poisoning incidents on modern safety records. The radioactive material eventually built up in the bodies of the women and nearly all died of radioactive poisoning.
Along with 5 sisters
Along with 5 sisters
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