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At their first appearance in court in January 1928, two women were bedridden, and none of them could raise their arms to take an oath. Five factory workers dubbed "the radium girls"– Grace Fryer, Edna Hussman, Katherine Schaub, and sisters Quinta McDonald and Albina Larice – joined the suit. [17]
Marie Curie suffered radiation burns while handling it, and she eventually died from radiation exposure. Other researchers also perished. It wasn’t long before the “Radium Girls” began to experience the physical ravages of their exposure.
This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable driver deaths, excluding those of motorcycle riders. In addition, several racing drivers have been killed in public road crashes; see List of people who died in road accidents.
This article examines women's relationship with car driving in the United States. The growth of American 'automobility' increased throughout the twentieth century, but most historians have ignored its relationship with women. They have assumed that the motor car was a masculine vehicle in terms of both its technology and use. Even those who ...
The automobile accelerated that social change. American women welcomed the automobile's mobility and implied freedom. Cars arrived at a time when women were increasingly breaking away from the traditional domestic sphere and making new inroads in the workplace and in civic engagement.
Both were killed in this crash along with the driver of the car, Henri Paul; Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Further reading: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales Dan Fegan
16 maj 2024 · Car manufacturers debuted crash test dummies and installed energy-absorbing steering columns that would cushion impact. Once again, global events shaped traffic death tolls in the U.S. The 1973 oil embargo—and the sky-high gas prices that followed—reduced driving and fatalities.
