In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie was an international celebrity, and glow-in-the-dark watches were the latest rage. Then, the girls who painted those watch dials began to die.
Based on the true story of the women and men who worked for the U.S. Radium Corporation in Orange, New Jersey – and the factory girls who made labor history – D. W. Gregory’s play Radium Girls intrigued Middlesex audiences on November 10 and 11. Poignant and thought-provoking, the fast-paced drama gave students much to consider about how the voices of science and women are valued when those very voices may stand in the way of profit.
