89 pages • 2 hours read
Kate MooreThe Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Describe the changing perception of radium throughout the book. What does it indicate about society’s changing beliefs about scientific discovery and technology?
Discuss how Moore uses the body to communicate her message. How are the women’s bodies “used” by the companies, legal process, doctors, and researchers to further their agendas?
How is scientific knowledge suppressed, withheld, and uncovered in this book? How is science manipulated for the interests of the various parties in the book?
