During the 1950s and 1960s, I remember the government-conducted Civil Defense drills in my school. We were told to climb under our school desks, duck down and cover our heads. We might have survived a ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, I remember the government-conducted Civil Defense drills in my school. We were told to climb under our school desks, duck down and cover our heads. We might have survived a ...

One was as young as 11. But Theatre Baton Rouge's Young Actors Program will look at this true life story through the eyes of ...

Soon, he fell violently ill - but instead of stopping, he continued drinking the substance as he continued to lose weight, ...

The Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the young women who used radium paint ...

Kate Moore (authorkatemoore) on BuzzFeed - I am the author of The Radium Girls, the incredible true story of the American women who stood up and fought for justice and in so doing changed the world.

For some children it’s dinosaurs, for others trains or mermaids. For me it was rocks. I can pinpoint the moment exactly. I ...

In the early 20th century, the world went ‘raving mad on the subject of radium’, according to George Bernard Shaw. The newly ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

The hundreds of young women who worked in watch factories throughout the 1920s were exposed to so much radium that they used ...

The Viterbo University Conservatory for the Performing Arts will present the compelling historical drama These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd in the ...

Like most art forms, the love of live theatre and acting has to be cultivated in younger folks so new generations of talented ...