1. This report will account for 100% of your final grade, and will therefore be worth 100 points.
2. I will not be able to accept any late submissions for this.
3. I have been asking you to read The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. Please submit your report with the following guidelines
4. As a reminder, only word documents or pdfs. No files from Mac computers will be accepted as I cannot open those
A. 4 page MINIMUM….not including citations. Double spaced
B. Discuss the following points:
a. What did you like about this book, and what did you not like about this book?
b. How does the story of the Radium Girls, and their legal battles, tie into ethics in science?
c. In the beginning, the ladies were very excited to work in these factories, and later on, they realized that their jobs were in fact killing them. Discuss this emotional journey for the girls, and for yourself, as the
reader.
d. What was the most difficult part of this book for you, as the reader?
e. How do you feel about the way the United States Radium Corporation responded to the complaints of the dial painters?
f. Would a story similar to the Radium Girls ever happen in today’s world? Why or why not? Think of OSHA….
g. Anything else you would like to include about your experience reading The Radium Girls
