Catherine Wolfe Donohue’s heroic perseverance, flowing from her deep Catholic faith, stands as a timeless example of strength ...

“Radium Girls,” a play by D.W. Gregory, tells the true story of a group of female factory workers who fought for justice ...

This the company creatively dubbed the “error-proof” dial ... make watches. Its first branded products were military-­grade ...

In the 1920s when radium paint was introduced into the manufacture of clock dials in a New Jersey factory, the dangers of the newly developed material were still to be discovered.

The acclaimed work by Melanie Marnich follows the “Radium Girls” of the Radium Dial Company, who painted the faces of luminous watches and clocks with radioactive paint. Though protagonist Catherine ...

The story follows Grace Fryer, played beautifully by Alison Wotherspoon, from starting her job at the radium dial factory at the ... paint used to illuminate watch faces in the 1900s.

But the application of radium that would bring it notoriety was its use in glow-in-the-dark paint. Frequently used to provide luminous readouts on clocks and watches, aircraft switches and instrument ...

Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” takes the stage at Cheyenne’s Central High School on Oct. 24, 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. The play is based on the true story of the women and men who worked for the U ...

It was so windy in B.C., it registered like an earthquake ...