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Radium Girls

They were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory in Orange, NJ, around 1917. There were similar factories in Illinois and Connecticutt. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them; some also painted their fingernails and teeth with the glowing substance. Five of the women challenged their employer in a case that established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers.

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Catherine M. Wolfe Donohue

4 Feb 1903 – 27 Jul 1938

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Grace Fryer

14 Mar 1899 – 27 Oct 1933

East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Acacia Section, Lot 137, Space 1 & 2

Henry Titus Koenig

14 Jul 1891 – 20 May 1934

Scientist. He gained world acclaim for his...

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section 9, Lot 340

Amelia Malia “Mollie” Maggia

21 Dec 1896 – 12 Sep 1922

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Quinta Maggia McDonald

14 Feb 1900 – 7 Dec 1929

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Katherine R. Schaub

10 Mar 1902 – 18 Feb 1933

East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: L-89-1

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