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Read. This. Book.
The horrors these young women went through, the blatant disregard for human life the companies showed, how long it took for the public and medical community to accept and acknowledge what was happening - it‘s astounding. I cannot believe I had never learned about these events.
#historical #radium #historicalevent

This genre of non-fiction was a stretch for me, which made it a #slowread. The story of Elizabeth who set up an intricate spy ring to get secrets to the union, and also by Emma who fought for the union disguised as a man and then fought for her pension after the war drew me in the most. I knew nothing about any of these women and glad I read it, though chunks were a slog for me. #litsyatoz #letterA #lrcbingo #historicalevent #bookriot #war

An interesting and powerful story.
On the nonfiction side: how horrifying. There will always be more that happened during Ww2 that I will learn about and no matter what it will still shock me. To think that people were okay treating other humans like this is just unfathomable.
#lrc13 #historicalevent #litsyatoz #letterb

Using @Marchpane 's idea, to keep track of my #litsyreadingchallenge. So far:
#LRC13 #historicalevent: Columbine
#LRC17 #judgebycover: Wishful Drinking
#LRC15 #translated: A Man Called Ove
#LRC7 #aboutimmigration: Homegoing
#LRC25 #freespace: HP & the Cursed Child

This book was great! It's very well researched #historicalfiction and is written from "Patsy" Jefferson's perspective. I thought the authors did a wonderful job of taking their research and writing about what life in the Jefferson household might have been like. A lot of the story is about the relationship between Sally Hemings and Patsy, which I found fascinating. #womenauthors
#LRC13 #historicalevent #LitsyReadingChallenge

I didn't think I'd be in the mood for this now, but my library loan ends in a couple of days, so I made myself at least start it this morning to give it a go. And now I'm hooked. So way to go, me. I'm using this for the #historicalevent prompt for the #LitsyReadingChallenge as it is about Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman to be executed in Iceland. So while not a fun read, it seems like it will be a good one.

Only made it through two chapters on the train the other day because a few very loud women boarded and I couldn't concentrate 🙄🙄 going to try again tonight!!

#LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC13 #historicalevent

Finished this one on audio while I was posting things on the website for my students. Such a sad, wonderful story, made especially poignant by having recently seen Allegiance, the musical. Counting this one for a few challenges! #LitsyAtoZ #LetterF #ERMadlibs #PlaceName #LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC13 #historicalevent

A little audio listening, as my annoying migraine is making a reappearance. Madeleine Albright, former ambassador to the UN,first discovered her Jewish identity at the age of 59, when a newspaper reporter broke the story. This is her recounting of her years growing up in Prague, when Hitler came to power. It's fascinating (at times dry) #popsugar ~a book with 4 seasons in the title #LRC13 & #BWB #historicalevent #readharder ~ book about war