The Radium Girls Characters

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Catherine Wolfe Donohue

A shy, quiet individual whose job at Radium Dial was her first. A devout Catholic who attended the local church located close to the studio

Grace Fryer

A vibrant woman who cared about politics. She was a dial-painter at the USRC before taking a position at a bank

Mollie Maggia

A talented dial-painter despite her constant light-hearted joking in the studio. She was the first to show serious signs of radium poisoning, especially in her jaw

Dr. Harrison Martland

A Newark doctor who intially expressed little interest in the dial painters' condition. Once promoted to Chief Medical Examiner, he immediately became involved by burning the victims bones to ashes and testing them

Sarah Maillefer

She was recruited by her sister to work at the USRC once she secured a dial-painting position for herself

Marguerite Carlough

Experienced excruciating pain in her jaw due to radium poisoning. Before her illness, she was described as a spunky girl who loved well-tailored dresses

Raymond Berry

A young, ambitious lawyer, who was inexperienced but passionate. He agreed to be paid his fair share upon winning, rather than requiring a large lump sum up front

Leonard Grossman

Considered the "saving grace" of the former Radium dial-painters in their quest for justice. He agreed to take on their case two days before their hearing in front of the Illinois Industrial Commission

Sabin von Sochocky

The creator of radium paint and the founder for the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation in Newark, then Orange, NJ. He studied with the Curies and knew more than most about radium and its effects

Tom Donahue

Married to one of the afflicted dial-painters and was willing to do anything for his ailing wife, including the necessary research to find a doctor who would help her

Dr. Cecil K. Drinker

(investigator) professor of psychology at the Harvard School of Public Health, husband of Katherine Drinker