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Social reformer and scientist Dr. Alice Hamilton
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Radium Girls

Social reformer and scientist Dr. Alice Hamilton has publicly attacked the lucrative...

Social reformer and scientist Dr. Alice Hamilton has publicly attacked the lucrative radium industry

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Social reformer and scientist Dr. Alice Hamilton
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has publicly attacked the lucrative radium industry.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:48
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.
- [Alice Voiceover] My dear Katherine, - Radium Girls 00:08
- [Alice Voiceover] My dear Katherine,
It shows that every girl is in perfect health. - Radium Girls 00:04
It shows that every girl is in perfect health.
They suffer from syphilis, nothing more. - Radium Girls 00:04
They suffer from syphilis, nothing more.
Radium poisoning is an invention - Radium Girls 00:08
Radium poisoning is an invention
- As a professor at Columbia University, and a physiologist - Radium Girls 00:11
- As a professor at Columbia University, and a physiologist
[sighing] - Radium Girls 00:08
[sighing]
- And yet, you performed - Radium Girls 00:04
- And yet, you performed
[gavel banging] - Radium Girls 00:07
[gavel banging]
- "Were you aware that Dr. Flint - Radium Girls 00:11
- "Were you aware that Dr. Flint
- Did you pay Dr. Flint to diagnose the plaintiffs - Radium Girls 00:07
- Did you pay Dr. Flint to diagnose the plaintiffs
- When did you first become aware - Radium Girls 00:05
- When did you first become aware
But let's be clear, Mr. Berry, - Radium Girls 00:12
But let's be clear, Mr. Berry,
People are so quick to jump on things - Radium Girls 00:05
People are so quick to jump on things
But the fact is, this radium energy - Radium Girls 00:08
But the fact is, this radium energy
Even if there were harmful effects, - Radium Girls 00:07
Even if there were harmful effects,
- Arthur Roeder, president of American Radium, - Radium Girls 00:09
- Arthur Roeder, president of American Radium,
- [laughs] Oh, you were always one for melodrama. - Radium Girls 00:06
- [laughs] Oh, you were always one for melodrama.
[gasping] - Radium Girls 00:05
[gasping]
It said you warned her. - Radium Girls 00:04
It said you warned her.
- Did Arthur Roeder? - Yes. - Radium Girls 00:05
- Did Arthur Roeder? - Yes.