It’s fair to say that many people find dissatisfaction in their regular employment. But if you’re listening to this, it means you haven’t died while at work. Join Janelle and Vicky as they look at two stories where work was truly killer.
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“The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” by Kate Moore
“These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich (Amazon)
NPR Illinois – “The Radium Girls: Cleaning Up Contamination”
BuzzFeed – “The Forgotten Story Of The Radium Girls, Whose Deaths Saved Thousands Of Workers’ Lives”
NPR – “Mae Keane, One Of The Last ‘Radium Girls,’ Dies At 107”
The Atlantic – “A Century Later, the Factory That Poisoned the ‘Radium Girls’ Is Still a Superfund Site”
NPR Illinois – “The Radium Girls: An Illinois Tragedy”
History – “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire”
Wikipedia – “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire”
AFL-CIO – “Triangle Shirtwaist Fire”
Smithsonian Magazine – “Uncovering the History of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire”
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial – “Triangle History”
PBS News Hour – “How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire transformed labor laws and protected workers’ health”
Cornell University – “Sweatshops & Strikes Before 1911”
CNBC – “The 10 Most Dangerous Jobs In America”
