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.
Part 2, Chapters 37-40Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Part 2: “Power”
Chapter 37 Summary
After a stumble which hurts her knee, Katherine Schaub discovers that she has a sarcoma in her leg and has to wear a metal brace indefinitely. She takes this news badly, and her mental health takes a turn for the worse, leading her to drink. The women become more resistant to their appointments, and refuse some of the treatments ordered by Ewing and Craver.
Irene Corby La Porte, who has worked with Grace during the war, is soon admitted to the hospital after Dr. Humphries finds a sarcoma in her pelvis. Martland soon writes about these sarcomas, which usually appear years after exposure to radium, and come on suddenly. On her deathbed on May 4, Irene files a claim against USRC, willing to settle. She dies June 16.
Chapter 38 Summary
One day, Radium Dial executives pay a visit to the studio where Catherine Wolfe is working. Mr. Reed summons Catherine to his office, where Radium Dial president and vice president Kelly and Fordyce are waiting. Mr. Reed tells Catherine that due to her limp, he must let her go, as it is causing “talk” around Ottawa.
