Radium Girls, a true story of tragedies and triumphs of female factory workers in the early 20th century.
While men were away at war, women and girls were exposed to radium in the 1920′s while painting watch dials with self-made luminous paint. There were three factories highlighted in the history books; one located in Orange, New Jersey, another in Ottawa, Illinois, and lastly, Waterbury, Connecticut. The workers were told the paint was harmless and many ingested the substance, even painting on their fingernails, face, and teeth.
Grace Fryer, who grew up in Orange, New Jersey worked at the factory. Without giving much of the play away, know she plays a prominent role in filing suit against the United States Radium Corporation in 1927. “Due to them being women and being brushed under the rug and with the current labor laws that were in place the statute of limitation only lasted two years,” said Shepard. “but they were discovering these issues years after they left, so they were dying at a rapid rate, but there was no way to get the compensation they needed.”
“I love history and I love researching women in history specifically, so this was like really fun to research and learn about,” said Haas. “Not only did I read the script but I went on to research everything that I could about Grace Fryer, it was all new and really fun to get to know her.”
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