Carter Roy

It was the best job in town.

And it was killing them.

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April 1917.

An 18-year-old named Grace Fryer walks through the doors of the United States Radium Corporation in Orange, New Jersey.

It's her first day of work.

The United States entered World War I just a few days ago.

Grace has two brothers shipping out to fight.

She wants to do her part.

Her new job is painting numbers on watch dials with a new glow-in-the-dark paint.

Soldiers in the trenches need to tell time on their watches without striking a match and giving away their position.

Pilots flying at night need to read their instruments.

It helps that the pay is excellent.

Three times what a factory girl usually makes.

Grace can help support her family and help the war effort at the same time.