MONROE — Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Turnpike, will host a book talk for adults at 6:45 p.m. May 7. This month’s selection is “The Radium Girls” by Kate Moore.
According to a book summary from Publishers Weekly, “Author Moore traces the lives of more than a dozen American women who were employed as luminous watch-dial painters as early as 1917...By the end of 1918...the women had begun losing their teeth...Moore details what was a ‘ground-breaking, law-changing, and life-saving accomplishment’ for worker's rights.” No registration required.
Call the library at 203-452-2850.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-library-to-host-book-talk-13804481.php
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