Carter Roy
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They gossip about boys.
They plan their weekends.
Some of them are sisters.
Whole families work here.
The Maggia sisters.
The Carlo sisters.
It's the kind of job you tell your friends about.
She has no idea.
Her dream job is a death sentence.
In 1917, there's only one way to make something glow in the dark.
Radium.
Radium is a radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie back in 1898.
On its own, it doesn't glow, but when you mix radium with zinc sulfide, it produces an eerie greenish luminescence.
By the 1910s, Americans are obsessed with radium.
Radium toothpaste promises whiter teeth.
Radium face cream pledges to smooth wrinkles.
It's even said to cure cancer.
One drinkable product called Radithor is especially popular among the wealthy.
After a famous golfer named Eben Byers gets injured, his doctor recommends he drink Radithor.
Eben ends up drinking approximately 1,400 bottles over two years.