The Radium Girls Symbols/Objects

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The List of the Doomed

This object represents evidence of harm. It was created in 1925 by Dr. Harrison Martland and Katherine Schaub

Camel-Hair Brush

This object symbolizes danger lurking in seemingly innocuous places. It is used by the dial-painters and unbeknownst to the women, acted as the method of delivering radium into their bodies, where it then attached to their bones

Dr. Cecil K. Drinker's Report

This object represents suppression of truth. It was created at the request of Arthur Roeder, the president of the USRC

Typewriter

This object represents hope in the face of adversity. It was bought by Katherine Schaub with some of the money awarded to her in her lawsuit against the USRC

Handkerchief

This object symbolizes the horrific effects of radium poisoning that make it more difficult for the dial-painters to gain justice. It was used by Grace Fryer throughout her trial testimony, held to her cheek to cover one large abscess

Glowing Figure

This object represents the realization of one's own certain doom. It is seen by Edna Hussman when she looks in the mirror, demonstrating to her without a doubt that she has suffered the effects of radium poisoning

$100 Severance Check

This object represents the ongoing tendency for corporations to avoid justly compensating workers who have been harmed while under their employment

Medical Record

These objects represent the truth and the essential facts required to fuel justice. When Leonard Grossman tpook on the dial-painters' lawsuit, he asked each litigant to acquire these

Mary Doty's articles in the Chicago Daily Times

These objects represent the power of the media to bring about justice. They were successful in igniting the public's outrage over the plights of the dial-painters in their fight against the USRC

Mollie Maggia's Positive Test for Syphilis

This object represents the tendency for any troubles women experience to be blamed on some aspect of their own behavior. When this object had yielded its results to the doctor, the doctor considered the case closed