During World War 1, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dails with luminous radium paint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html
https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace
https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/radium-girls
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/13/263/2096834/
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