The play Radium Girls is coming to Galva High School. The spring play is set for this weekend, March 8 and 9. The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $8 at the door.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court.
There is a Radium Girl statue in Ottawa, Ill, honoring those workers from the Radium Dial Company.
