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The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting radium dials – watch dials and hands with self-luminous paint. The incidents occurred at three factories in the United States: one in Orange, New Jersey, beginning around 1917; one in Ottawa, Illinois, beginning in the early 1920s; and one in ...
The strike began on September 22, 1910, when sixteen women, led by Hannah Shapiro, protested the Hart, Schaffner, Marx firm due to a biased bonus system and a cut in the piece rate. The strike grew rapidly and tremendously by the end of the first week as 2,000 women had joined the effort. The peak of the strikers came when the strike was ...
Miriam Schapiro. Miriam Schapiro (also known as Mimi) (November 15, 1923 – June 20, 2015) was a Canadian -born artist based in the United States. She was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and a pioneer of feminist art. She was also considered a leader of the Pattern and Decoration art movement. [1] Schapiro's artwork blurs the line between ...
The series will follow the lives of eight men and women who have been beatfied, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene and Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who ...
Roadmap Writers, a screenwriting education and training platform based in Los Angeles, is partnering with Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to identify short stories fit for film and television ...
The new series is written by Lauren Gussis and will follow the women as they reunite after one of their dearest friends dies suddenly. Josie Bissett Reveals What Scenes She Loved — and Hated ...
Occupation. Professor, author. Alma mater. Bard College ( BA ), Pacifica Graduate Institute ( MA) ( PhD) Spouse. Amanda Steinberg. Website. www .jordanshapiro .org. Jordan Shapiro (born November 15, 1977) is an American author known for his work on parenting, education, gender, and technology.
Womanhouse. Coordinates: 34.177262°N 118.323140°W. Womanhouse (January 30 – February 28, 1972) was a feminist art installation and performance space organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, co-founders of the California Institute of the Arts ( CalArts) Feminist Art Program and was the first public exhibition of art centered upon ...
Robert J. Shapiro. Robert J. Shapiro (born 1953) is the cofounder and chairman of Sonecon, LLC, a United States private consultancy for economic and security-related issues that has built a reputation on a range of policy matters, including climate change, intellectual property, securities fraud, healthcare reform, demographics, the resilience ...
In a somewhat controversial move, King Charles III has officially passed the Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps role to Prince William. The father and son pair were all smiles at the Army ...