Chad Michael ENGL 1101 Dr. Cepek 9/12/2023 Radium girls notes 13-23

Chad Michael
ENGL 1101
Dr. Cepek
9/12/2023

Radium girls notes 13-23

Published May 2, 2017
Subject; Watchtowers with radioactive material. Being made. There is no protection often made by girls.
Ch13
Though Katherine Wiley was shocked by the suffering she witnessed, she remained determined to take action and prevent such tragedies from happening again. Her dedication and persistence are truly remarkable.

The families faced a tough situation when seeking compensation for the girls’ suffering. The law had limitations and restrictions, making it challenging for them to take legal action. Unfortunately, retroactive measures were not available, adding to their financial struggles. It’s a grim reality they had to face.

Wiley went to the Department of Labor with her findings. McBride got angry, scolded his deputy, and Wiley stood her ground. She asked for a U.S. Public Health Service investigation. May 19, 1924

Wiley shared her written report with McBride. Meanwhile, the United States Radiura Corporation assessed their test results. On June 3, 1924, they delivered their final report. Then, on June 18, Viedt sent Roach a table of medical-test results, showing the workers’ blood was “practically normal.” The department agreed that “every girl is in perfect condition.”

Roeder quickly spread the news of the company’s innocence, improving the situation at the plant. Unfortunately, Dr. Blum sought help for his patient Hazel Kuser, whose condition worsened, leading to mounting medical bills for her and her family.

Blum appealed to the company on behalf of Hazel, but USC refused to help, citing a previous incident. They believed their recent study proved their innocence. Blum was surprised by their lack of compassion.

Ch14
Katherine Schaub has been facing challenges with her health and job changes. Her father, William, has been a great support to her.
Katherine faced dental troubles, sought treatment from Dr. Blum, but struggled to find relife

Katherine, Hazel, and Quinta going through such hardships. Dental issues, mysterious conditions, and debilitating pain

Dr. Blum found a “white shadow” on Quinta’s x-ray, but his groundbreaking diagnosis of “radium jaw” went unnoticed. Dr. Humphries was at a loss for a diagnosis.
Dr. Humphries and Dr. Blum were both puzzled by the dental issues caused by radium exposure. Dr. Blum’s diagnosis of “radium jaw” didn’t receive much attention. Dr. Humphries was also at a loss when he saw Quinta’s x-ra
Marguerite, a former dial-painter, took a brave stand against the company that had betrayed her. With the support of Dr. Hoffman and Wiley, she fought for justice. Her story inspired others and ignited a movement for change.

Ch15
girls in Ottawa and Marguerite’s having a legal case in Newark.
Theo did everything he could for the woman he loved, even organizing her burial. Their financial situation was dire, and Katherine Wiley sought help from Dr. Alice Hamilton.

Marguerite Carlough and the other dial-painters faced injustice and suffering. They sought justice and found a lawyer to help them.

Roeder’s company faced a lawsuit and bad publicity, impacting business and causing changes in the dial-painting studio. Tragically, a dial-painter named Frances Splettstocher passed away.

Roeder faced challenges with the Carlough case as more people joined the lawsuit. He blamed the “women’s clubs” for the trouble.

Roeder didn’t trust Hoffman’s investigation. He thought it should include more research and international study.

Radium, according to the Drinker investigation, was found to be the probable cause of the trouble. It disguised itself as calcium and caused bone damage in the women exposed to it.

Ch16
Arthur Roeder was having a bad time due to the lawsuit and bad publicity. It affected business and the dial-painting studio at the clock company.

Roeder felt frustrated that Hoffman was determined to publish his research without even visiting the factory. Roeder tried to downplay the connection between radium and the girls.

Ch17

Roeder wanted to delay Hoffman’s paper on radium necrosis. He was skilled at manipulating situations.

It seems like Roeder’s attempts to delay Hoffman’s paper didn’t work. The paper was already sent for printing.

A deal was made to keep the report from being published.

dr. Flynn did some research with funds from Roeder

Quinta’s health declined, making it difficult for her to walk and visit her pregnant sister Albina. Marguerite’s medical bills kept increasing as her condition worsened. Josephine quit her job due to the distressing state of Marguerite’s health.

Radium boosted health at first, but soon became oversimulation, destroying red blood cells and causing anemia. Marguerite’s case was slow, and the disease is latent for years.

Hoffman and von Sochocky believed mesothorium, not radium, caused the girls’ illnesses.

The girls needed someone to stand up for them and to find a way to diagnose their illness caused by radium.

18

Martland was a talented physician who had previously shown interest in the dial-painters’ cases.

Martland Chief Medical Examiner seriously. When the first male employee of the USRC died, Martland was called in to conduct an autopsy. This was the start of his investigation into the radium cases

Martland had help from radium expert von Sochocky and the United States Radium Corporation, they conducted tests and confirmed radium poisoning.

Sarah had spots and felt weak. Martland found she was anemic and sent her to the hospital. The hospital noticed her swollen face, fever, and mouth lesions. They even tested for radioactive material.

They tested how radioactive one of the girls was, and it was much more than it should be.

Sarah was In deteriorating condition. The results showed high levels of radium in her breath. Sarah‘s health still diminished, and she passed away on June 18, 1925.

There was so much more sadness. Margaret could not even make it to her own sister’s funeral, because of her own dimension health

Ch19

The company denied any responsibility for Sarah. The company said she did not work with enough radium to get sick.

Dr. Martland’s autopsy revealed traces of radium in Sarah’s body. radiation was in Sarah‘s bone marrow.
everything on the girl was radioactive . I forgot to mention that she did not have protection from Alpha rays.

even after death, Sarah‘s body constantly admitted radiation. this would continue for centuries.

The girls with radiation poisoning looked for a cure. None of the doctors could find a cure for them.

the company tried to hide the truth about radium, but they couldn’t keep it under wraps.

Ch20

The company lacked humanity towards all their workers.
Grace remembered when von Sochocky warned one of the girls that might make her sick and it made her realize he knew all along. even after the testing, she got to ask him why he let them keep painting with radium

The girls wanted to sue, but one of the girls Quinta’s was too late according to the law because she hadn’t worked for the company in years so she was way past the statue of limitations.

there was a list of the doomed people that already had radiation poisoning. It was so bad if they saw the letter D it meant death.

Albina was overjoyed to finally be having a child after along time of trying. She had the feeling that something was wrong during childbirth .Despite feeling her baby move, Albina never heard him cry.

Ch21

(remember to write about how heartbreaking the stories were, and how they talk about their heart wrenching things they gotta go through )

Edna treatments didn’t help. She had sharp hip pains and stumbled while walking.

Dr. Martland’s study on the dial-painters’ occupational poisoning was met with skepticism and resistance, especially from the radium industry.

Ch22

Grace Fryer faced health challenges with her jaw and back getting worse. The new law recognizing radium necrosis as a compensable disease brought some great news for the girls.

The girls have more health challenges and financial struggles. They are searching for attorneys but felt like they wouldn’t get one.

Grace Fryer was amazed to discover that other girls had successfully settled lawsuits against the company. This gave her hope for her own case. The settlements were not substantial, but it was something

Grace Fryer contacted her lawyer, Henry Gottfried, and they started to make a claim. She wanted $5000 for medical bills.

Radium company made it so hard to fight them most like, girls could not find a lawyer easily.

The company never took responsibility, instead they told the doctors to lie.

Dr. Knef, a dentist, tried to intimidate the executives of the radium company into paying him $10,000. He threatened to sue the company.

Ch23

Charlotte Nevins, who had worked with the girls, fell in love with Albert Purcell and got married in the beautiful St. Columba Church.

Wed dial-painters at Radium Dial were offered part-time terms to keep their good workers there. The glowing stuff made the new husbands very eerie.

no illnesses were reported among the Ottawa women at that time.

Glass pens were introduced by Radium company to stop the lip-pointing, but they didn’t succeed. The pens were awkward, and the brushes were still used. The dial painters continued to lip-point because the pens were just too hard to use.

There are a lot of romances in last bit like marriages

ORDER A SIMILAR PAPER NOW