The Radium Girls and the cotton revolution
Kate Moore describes the tragic story of a group of women who were exposed to radium in 20th-century America, while Terry Wyke visits a key site from Britain’s textile heritage
Published: June 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm
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Author Kate Moore discusses her new book The Radium Girls, which tells the tragic story of a group of women who were exposed to radium in 20th-century America. Meanwhile, historian Terry Wyke visits Queen Street Mill in Lancashire to explore Britain’s textile heritage
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