History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett |
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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John Andrι, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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The Radium GirlsIntroduction This is the story of Industrial Pollution. Lack of Womens Rights. Lack of Union activities. Special Privilege for some. Lack of media attention.Grace Fryer and the other Radium Girls Fryer started to work in the factory in the spring of 1917. 70 women worked alongside Fryer. The women believed that they were working in a safe environment. The owners of the factory knew that the women were working in a harmful environment.The Radium Effects Fryer left the factory in 1920. Two years later, Fryers teeth started to fall out and she developed an abscess on her jaw. X-Rays showed the development of a serious bone decay in her mouth and her back. In July 1925, a doctor suggested to Fryer that her job at the Radium Factory is the cause of her health problems. After being examined by a specialist at Columbia University, she discovered that this was part of a cover-up by the U.S Radium Corporation.Walter Lippmann and the New York Press Editor of New York World. The New York World a liberal paper founded by Pulitzer. With Lippmanns editorials, the interest of the Radium Girls grew. Soon there was a trial.The Public Bought Radioactive Stuff to Make You Feel GoodThe Man Who Brought Justice for the Radium Girls Raymond Berry, a attorney from Newark, filed a suit against the Radium Factory in behalf of Grace Fryer. Four other women joined the suit after reporting medical problems. A lawsuit was filed on May 18, 1927. Each woman asked to be compensated $250,000 for their medical expenses and for their pain. The Radium Factory settled out of court giving each woman $10,000 and a $600 per year annuity.Conclusions Grace Fryer and the rest of Radium Girls died in the 1920s and 1930s Many believed that they sealed their fate when they dipped their paintbrushes into the radium paint and put the bristles into their mouths.
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