"You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in the workplace!" YASSSS QUEEN TELL EM
@snowbunnydiva2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! And then the female gets fired. 🥺
@ashleylipa22442 жыл бұрын
Had this on at work. My boss walked in RIGHT as she said this... and slowly backed out. when I say I died laughing...
@JananyaKali2 жыл бұрын
@@ashleylipa2244 LOL awesome
@thesweetestbear2 жыл бұрын
so yall gonna pretend like this chick didnt just laugh at people dying and put 5 ads in one video
@JananyaKali2 жыл бұрын
@@thesweetestbear you must be new around here...
@elizabethgrogan85532 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. My mom's aunt was an X-ray tech. She married but couldn't fall pregnant. Tests showed that she was infertile. This was because she always stood beside people who were being x-rayed, with no protective shield. She went on to adopt 3 boys and protective clothing was introduced shortly afterwards. She successfully sued the organisation she worked for, which had knowledge that many women became infertile whilst working for them.
@cecemoon12082 жыл бұрын
That’s sooo sad. I’m glad she sued!
@rhonapeterson5142 жыл бұрын
So sad, I'm happy she became a mom.Glad she sued them,hope it was alot to help her care for her children
@auntnaynay55432 жыл бұрын
Those people should go to jail.
@elizabethgrogan85532 жыл бұрын
@@rhonapeterson514 Thankyou Rhona. My mom's aunt was so happy when she and her husband become adopters. They received a fair settlement but, more than everything, they adored their adopted children
@erinerin5612 жыл бұрын
Wow! Although it is horrendous what happened legal justice is so rare for these types of things. There's a movie, I think it came out a few years ago, about the Radium girls.
@nancycollins97832 жыл бұрын
"You shouldn't have to die for a living wage." Best quote ever! Thanks Bailey!
@jennylynn68042 жыл бұрын
came here to say this.
@TheClairemyst2 жыл бұрын
Ain't that Gospel right there!
@brookels668 ай бұрын
1 of the main reasons I'm N O T proud to be American
@Niki_A_212 жыл бұрын
Random person: “Who is your favorite teacher?” Me: “My history teacher, Ms Bailey Sarian”
@zandria82 жыл бұрын
Funny you say that bc I teach my little sister and I sent her this video for science class and history😂
@saber70362 жыл бұрын
@@zandria8 you're a freaking awesome teacher then, she's so lucky to have you
@zandria82 жыл бұрын
@@saber7036 Aw thank you so much!
@edenskinner88612 жыл бұрын
@@saber7036 j
@ninjamasta84222 жыл бұрын
I learn something new every time i watch her video's
@notreallyreal78122 жыл бұрын
Not only was my great grandmother a radium girl, but I’m also learning about them in my chem class rn, this is weird timing lol.
@Himaryous2 жыл бұрын
Did your grandmother do okay?
@werecover37332 жыл бұрын
That is wild. Did your great grandmother pass from the Radium exposure?
@SherriLyle80s2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. You should do a presentation about her personal experience. Document her story either by written or video. It can be archived in the US Archives.
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper2 жыл бұрын
@@SherriLyle80s That is a great idea
@iAmLocGoddessK2 жыл бұрын
😒🙄
@renenewell502 жыл бұрын
My Grandmother and Aunt was two of the Radium Girls. We live in Ottawa ,Illinois. My Grandmother and Aunt are in two of the photos showed in this video. Thank you Bailey for doing this story. Theses women were pioneers for work place safety.
@AlexOrJustAl2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother and aunt. They certainly were pioneers at a horrible cost. I can't imagine losing loved ones that way.
@stephaniehowe09732 жыл бұрын
💙
@curlgirl42652 жыл бұрын
I am not far from Ottawa and I am currently reading the book. I have never read something that just left me shocked to my core. I cannot believe how these women were treated. I am so sorry to hear that your grandmother and aunt were two of the Radium Girls. My heart goes out to your family. They definitely were brave pioneers for work place safety and fought back even when their lives were hanging by a thread. I have such respect and awe for these young women.
@joycethevoice-joycefarrell90432 жыл бұрын
😭❤🙏💪
@DeborahDyer2 жыл бұрын
Rene, obviously your grandmother lived long enough to have a child. Did your auntie also? Do you mind if I ask if they died young from the radiation to which they were exposed? This doesn’t just happen to women, unfortunately. Generations of coal and iron ore miners have died of black lung disease among other deadly occupations. It is exceptional cruelty to tell the young ladies that they had syphilis, however, at a time when women were shamed for such. We’re still told that we’re “hormonal” though, and that’s bullsh*t.
@anhminhnguyenquach76672 жыл бұрын
hi! just a clarification: modern glow-in-the-dark objects don’t contain radium but instead are made of more stable, non-radioactive chemicals (such as zinc sulfide with a copper activator) that don’t pose a risk of radiation exposure.
@naomilelacheur82102 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clarifying! I was wondering about that
@AngelicDesigns2922 жыл бұрын
So if I had a recent pin from Disney that glows in the dark it’s safe right? Learning about this kinda made me scared of my pin, as silly as it sounds lol
@heidih30482 жыл бұрын
yes, i was wondering why she said that modern glow in the dark objects contain radium when that is not true. That is such a basic and easy to check fact, I am wondering how many other details are wrong in these episodes.
@veronicabrown11942 жыл бұрын
@@heidih3048 perhaps many girl, many. I've spotted mistakes while viewing her story telling in the past
@snikrdoodls142 жыл бұрын
I found out from nile red that if you mix zinc sulfide with copper you get the well-known green colour. If you mix the zinc sulfide with silver you get blue and manganese produces an orange-red glow. Zinc sulfide on it's own does not glow no matter how much you blast it with uv until you add the metal.
@trishelzira80082 жыл бұрын
Something very important to note also is that they didn't just win the case for themselves. This all lead to labor safety standards and workers' rights advances. 🙌
@crazy89jp2 жыл бұрын
Sooo very very true!! They stopped it from happening further to other women 👏🏼🙌🏼
@arareanddifferenttune31302 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know this! Thank you
@norainnoflowers15512 жыл бұрын
OSHAA as we know it is thanks to the Radium Girls and their battle in the courts
@tanyakauffman3112 жыл бұрын
@@norainnoflowers1551 Also due to that fire that started in the garment factory. Bailey did a video on that one.
@thesweetestbear2 жыл бұрын
so yall gonna pretend like this chick didnt just laugh at people dying and put 5 ads in one video
@noricoco46952 жыл бұрын
The part that freaked me out about their story was how they wet the brushes, over and over, with their lips to maintain the fine point for painting with radium. Meanwhile, the guys working in the lab were wearing full lead aprons to protect themselves - they absolutely knew there was a risk! "Totally safe." Such a horrifying story.
@StrokedGT Жыл бұрын
They always bring up the male workers, but I picture them wearing those aprons mainly because they were probably dealing with higher quantities of the stuff, probably buckets full of the stuff.
@Monicalia2 жыл бұрын
My ''favorite'' part of that story is that 50 women died and they thought there was no need to investigate. They started investigating radium factories after ONE male employee died in 1925. Disappointing, but definitely not surprising.
@elscheib2 жыл бұрын
OOOF this makes my blood pressure go up...
@SmartStart242 жыл бұрын
Disgraceful
@autumnguthrie31772 жыл бұрын
Not surprising at all 😖
@ninaappelt90012 жыл бұрын
The company fought tooth and nail to keep it under wraps.
@quintecence2 жыл бұрын
They wouldn't have investigated it at all if no men died - they would have dragged their feet if more than 300 women died because it's the 1900s and women aren't anywhere nearly as important as men.. obviously 🙃
@MrsBrit12 жыл бұрын
The worst part about this is the fact the employers knew 100% that radium was toxic and the cause of the illnesses these women dealt with.....but they put it down to being an STD!! Infuriating!
@jayc3442 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly, but let's trust the science!! 🤦♀️🤷♀️
@Moon-hb9ix2 жыл бұрын
@@jayc344 they actually decided to ignore the science cuz they had studies that showed the toxicity of radium, so yea, let's trust the science and not ignore it in favor of money
@tasiawallace91802 жыл бұрын
@@jayc344 umm....they did the opposite of trusting the science. I see what you tried to do though 😏
@jayc3442 жыл бұрын
@@Moon-hb9ix my point exactly, they knew it was dangerous but didn't care because well $$$.
@melisentiapheiffer30342 жыл бұрын
Because they were being experimented on without them being aware of it.
@callamarismom79522 жыл бұрын
I ran into someone wearing one of your suspish sweatshirts the other day. I said "Bailey Sarian". She said "I love her!". I said "Me too!". Then we did your theme song. lol You have fans everywhere!!
@jenniferreyes18742 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome, if I would have been around and heard I would have joined in with y’all ❤️ love her song!
@harlan61262 жыл бұрын
Sha na sha Sha na sha Sha na sha Sha sha na..... SHAAAAAA
@princessbuttercupp42332 жыл бұрын
I knew this story pretty well but still love watching Bailey's story telling. Also "If Thomas Edison is involved you know its some messed up ish". LOL!
@shiningnightmare56162 жыл бұрын
"Jaws? Who needs it?"
@jademoon79382 жыл бұрын
This story makes me so sad because I can imagine all the young girls painting their nails and lips with radium to go out at night because they thought it was safe, only to lose their jaws and lives such a short time later, because of that really neat paint that made them glow in the dark. It's just really sad that such an innocent fun idea had such horrifying consequences. Especially when the higher ups knew it was dangerous. They didn't know exactly HOW it was dangerous, but the male bosses didn't walk around in lead aprons for no reason!
@shanaleonard27512 жыл бұрын
Right girl, and after watching this I’m sitting here wondering what goes on in todays world just like this as we speak that we don’t know about 😩
@asmrlacce2 жыл бұрын
@@shanaleonard2751 I'm so suspicious now, of most things.
@halieparker92142 жыл бұрын
@@shanaleonard2751 I was thinking the same! I can’t imagine how many things will be dangerous in 10 years or even less
@benadrylcumberbatch29802 жыл бұрын
Or when they were told that they were doomed to die and there’s nothing they could do about it 😩😔😔
@alexgustavson42622 жыл бұрын
One of the things I find sad about the story of the radium girls is that Marie Currie and her husband were somewhat aware of how dangerous radium was, they kept on telling people to stop putting radium in stuff, but no one listened, Perrie, her husband, died in a carriage accident and never had to suffer the full effects of radiation poison, but Marie died of cancer, most likely related to radiation poisoning. Marie had apparently even heard about what was happening to these girls and believed them and tried to help them, but no one listened to her either, because why should they listen to her, she is just a person who had won two Nobel prizes for her contributions to science and was one of the people who discovered radium.
@moonwalkerangel70082 жыл бұрын
Her eldest daughter Irene Joliot- Curie worked with her mother but also worked as a nurse radiographer (working with X-rays and died from Leukemia (due to radiation from Polonium 210). Irene’s husband from liver disease (which was a result of overexposure to radiation). Irene’s daughter Hélène Langevin-Joliot (who is still alive) is a French Nuclear Physicist. Irene’s sister (Marie’s second daughter) Eve became a writer, journalist and pianist and she died at age 102 in 2007, she did not follow her mother’s scientific passion.
@asmrtpop2676 Жыл бұрын
I would love a source on this!
@crystallee9394 Жыл бұрын
@@moonwalkerangel70083:25 ❤
@nanayumetaion19 күн бұрын
I think I read somewhere that if you go to her grave with a geiger counter today it still emits high amounts of radiation
@RavenWing19722 жыл бұрын
The radium girls story is heartbreaking. I remember back in 1980 when I was small, I saw the burns that radiation therapy had left on my ma's body. It was frikkin horrendous. It still makes me cry as it hurt her so much. I miss you Ma.x
@MoodCandy792 жыл бұрын
I have a very dark obsession with the radium girls because it shows how people will willingly ignore problems for their bottom line no matter the time.
@BVBGirl-33132 жыл бұрын
The thing that got me when learning about it in college was that they would lick the brushes to get that point....it wasnt just in the air...they were ingesting it 😱
@BecTarot2 жыл бұрын
Do you know that the same thing is happening in todays society? Other than mass production of animal products; putting animals through tremendous stress and torture just to satisfy our consumption, child slavery and underpaid workers from rural parts of the world are made to work under potentially dangerous environments while getting paid with peanuts; search up for how mica (the ingredient that makes most cosmetic products glittery), crystals and fast fashion (such as SHEIN, H&M etc) are being harvested/produced.
@oliviag.10582 жыл бұрын
not people…. its men specifically that are vile and greedy
@BVBGirl-33132 жыл бұрын
@@oliviag.1058 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thats the most hilarious thing ive ever heard...even historically there are selfish, vile, greedy women Its a human thing, not strickly male nor strictly female, greed is a human issue, its some peoples fatal flaw Ever hear of a black widow, not the superhero but the old term that meant a woman with several dead husbands, usually those women are super greedy and they cause the deaths of their husbands to keep their wealth Yeah sorry to burst your bubble but all genders have the capacity to be evil Just see each person as their own individual not what you assume society is like based on your small group
@nghariad12 жыл бұрын
@@BecTarot 👏👏👏
@teresalongo70682 жыл бұрын
I was in a play called “Radium Girls”… it was an amazing play that told the story of these women. Side note, on the opening night of the play we had a woman who actually worked in this factory.
@Nikkilou362 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Did you get to talk to her?
@teresalongo70682 жыл бұрын
@@Nikkilou36 Hi Just briefly, we (the cast) we’re mostly listening 🥰 to her.
@Nikkilou362 жыл бұрын
@@teresalongo7068 yea I would too. It's so horrible and fascinating at the same time. So heart breaking!
@videohorror91392 жыл бұрын
I did that play too just recently!
@teresalongo70682 жыл бұрын
@@videohorror9139 That is awesome! I'm sure you had a wonderful experience being in this play.
@genaelgie46422 жыл бұрын
It hurts my heart when I read stories like these. These young women were cheated out of life for a buck. Thank you for telling this story.
@stephaniehowe09732 жыл бұрын
By a Dr no less.
@chixgotskillz2 жыл бұрын
My son had cancer and had radiation therapy which is a little different but it did have alot if side effects one being his teeth. Luckily they were his baby teeth and we could get them removed without hopefully 🤞damaging his permanent teeth. Although he has alot of side effects ( many different treatments) Im so greatful to say he is now cancer free!
@ijwd4242 жыл бұрын
Reading this made my morning. I'm so happy he's cancer free 💪🏽
@2-d_in_a_bag2 жыл бұрын
i'm so glad your kid's okay. he's a fighter! ( ◜‿◝ )♡
@BethanySchmidtEsthetics2 жыл бұрын
My mom had 6 Mos of radiation up to her chin for breast cancer. All her teeth began to crumble. She lost them all but is now cancer free too! So happy for you and your little earlier too!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@TimoteoDeBaum2 жыл бұрын
Yay!! So happy for your son and you! Wishing you limitless years of love, happiness and fun memories together ❤️🤗
@yvettebowles90112 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how they use radiation which causes cancer to fight cancer. My cousins wife has been battling leukemia for over a decade. She now has breast cancer and random tumors on her spine from the radiation. My mom has been battling cancer since the pandemic started. She is losing her hair because of the chemo. They successfully removed the cancer at Stanford university. But it only took a few months for it to come back, in her bones. She's on her 2nd round of chemo/radiation. I'm starting to wonder if any of it is doing anything other than making her super sick. :'(
@alyssak65882 жыл бұрын
I work in a nuclear field that deals with radium and let me tell you that stuffs strikes fear into my heart when I handle it with protective equipment I can't even imagine these poor ladies licking their paintbrushes 😭
@AngelleAnnie-cs1te8 ай бұрын
I hope you be careful and safe! ❤
@keezyk65742 жыл бұрын
Growing up, Vladimir the impaler was the craziest history I’ve ever heard about! You should look into doing a video about this one!
@immaperson3212 жыл бұрын
Ooo, learned about Vlad [to an extent] from Sam and Colby and their friend going to explore his supposed castle. They do lots of abandoned/haunted exploration vids! That was a funny and interesting one with a small dose of history in it. [Edit]
@sweetbunnybun2 жыл бұрын
he's not vladimir, he's vladislav
@hyrax1112 жыл бұрын
@@sweetbunnybun he is not vladislav either actually his name is just vlad
@Minyadagniriel2 жыл бұрын
i love vlad!!! read Vlad: The Last Confession!! its great!
@immaperson3212 жыл бұрын
Yeah, to both the OP and first commenter about names, Vlad the impaler's full name is "Vlad III Dracula" it was just Vlad lol.
@brittnim15852 жыл бұрын
I’m from Ottawa, Ill. The radium girls there were originally buried and then exhumed and reburied in lead and concrete coffins once it was understood how long radium is radioactive for.
@tammarauding75312 жыл бұрын
That is crazy!!
@gd2234_2 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know the radium girls were from my fave place in illinois
@savannahnickel10412 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that is wild!!!! Lead coffins makes sense 🧐 I can't imagine how heavy those lead coffins we're
@savannahnickel10412 жыл бұрын
Were*
@lt73782 жыл бұрын
Wow. The consequences of radium lives on beyond the grave.
@trigunchica142 жыл бұрын
I'm from Ottawa. I looked up our local tap water health, and the radium is definitely higher in this area than in others. You're the first channel I've ever heard mention Ottawa along with the other plants. There's a small statue dedicated to the Radium girls in town, I want to say it was unveiled in the early 2000s but cannot fully remember.
@kathyaguirre55872 жыл бұрын
Post a photo
@SteakBear11 ай бұрын
@@kathyaguirre5587You can’t post photos in KZbin comments, genius
@70scatgirl2 жыл бұрын
My mother once told me long ago when I asked how her older sister Francis had died she told me that she died very young and they didn’t know what she died of but that she had worked in a watch factory working on watches that glowed. She believed that’s what killed her. So sad 😞
@tararainone50602 жыл бұрын
Wow this story must have been hard for you.
@70scatgirl2 жыл бұрын
@@tararainone5060 Yes did bring back sadness 😞
@robinnicole44663 ай бұрын
That how literally everyone who worked there died, some were just faster than others
@matthewbenge71122 жыл бұрын
Bailey is becoming the Elvira of History Lessons.
@drewnuara47372 жыл бұрын
yesssss
@LMason-qd7sq2 жыл бұрын
...but looks like Betty Page. Elvira Page Sarian
@kimberlyschouppe862 жыл бұрын
Yassss! And I am living for it!
@samanthagruwell89942 жыл бұрын
Spot On!!!!
@tracybeahl45552 жыл бұрын
I've been saying that same thing lol
@issanomaly2 жыл бұрын
The deaths sound so painful even to hear! And they were so young to die! It's so crazy how hormones were blamed every time women complained. Are we surprised though?
@jae.882 жыл бұрын
literally every episode you manage to look the best ever, all while telling these creepy stories. that's talent! keep going girl!
@IselinLR2 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more! ❤️
@hardyquinn94422 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@Dragonflyathena2 жыл бұрын
I remember my dad telling me about radium girls licking the brushes and how dangerous it was when I was little. (He’s been gone 20 years.💔) Even more heartbreaking to learn about the individual stories of these young girls and how shady, greedy, and evil some of the people involved were. 💔 Another fascinating, entertaining, but infuriating episode.
@DyslexicMitochondria2 жыл бұрын
it's really heartbreaking
@elieklein55182 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had a watch that its numbers glowed in the dark. It was very old and didn't even worked. But she kept it because it belonged to her older brother who died at war... I used to love it, specially at night time 😵 🥴 😱
@jewlspatterson37302 жыл бұрын
@@tomhappening ty for pointing that out
@meanymills2 жыл бұрын
In 2019 my son starred in the high school play “Radium Girls” he was the factory owner. At first I thought this was an odd choice for a high school play but these kids worked so hard and put on an amazing show!! It was nice to see them learning about history and enjoying being on the stage.
@bunk957 ай бұрын
Owner or one marketed as such?
@nessacintron6022 жыл бұрын
My 15 year old daughter sent me a picture of what her history teacher had playing for her class...and what or who was it??? Well, Queen Bailey!! She was so excited! Shout out to the best Dark History teacher....Bailey fu@#! Sarian!!!
@StunningShay2 жыл бұрын
That’s cool !!! Not pretty f**ked up! Lol
@marknieuwejaar10752 жыл бұрын
🔥
@drunkentruecrime2 жыл бұрын
Mondays and Thursdays are literally my favorite days of the weeks now because of you! Keep thriving queen 👑 🔥
@emiliawoodward46632 жыл бұрын
I listen to her especially when I’m doing homework. I’ll replay some of the ones I’ve already watched just bc there’s so much comfort in playing her videos 😂
@TheMightyBlackPearl2 жыл бұрын
She's THEE QUEEN 👑❤👸
@drunkentruecrime2 жыл бұрын
@@emiliawoodward4663 100% do the same 😂😂
@haileybudach94052 жыл бұрын
One of my aunts was a radium girl, and is actually in one of the pictures you used which is so crazy to me. My family and I are from and still living in Ottawa, it’s so cool to hear you even mention my hometown on your channel. Ottawa has some wild history, im glad youre talking about it, I’ve always thought it was super interesting :)
@XiaLingLing2 жыл бұрын
Bailey: “Dark History is fun!” All the ghosts that died horrifically: 😒
@TimoteoDeBaum2 жыл бұрын
😭😭💀💀
@kiaraphillip8692 жыл бұрын
😂😭
@sahawk07092 жыл бұрын
😅🤣😂🤣
@andromedaspitz93022 жыл бұрын
The ghosts would probably prefer this to forgetting about them and letting the mistakes repeat
@eveningstar85812 жыл бұрын
@@andromedaspitz9302 exactly!
@IllyDragonfly2 жыл бұрын
You know it's bad news when the doctor looks annoyed that it's NOT syphilys T.T Also this sounds very similar to the asbestos and the PVC factories... maybe you could make episodes about them!
@cheanarchist23812 жыл бұрын
What I was just saying to my son 🙌🙌🙌💯
@lilyl89272 жыл бұрын
Such gross neglect and abuse. I hate how people can just take advantage of ppl like they have no value :(
@patriciahandel97022 жыл бұрын
I learned a little about this because my husband is an antique watch collector. I myself have a 1920 lady's cocktail Rolex. It does not have any radium, but quite if few of his antique watches do. It makes me sad to know that so many women died just for those watches.
@tropicalladyj80332 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how many of these stories have similar catalysts, money and greedy men hmmmmm 🧐 Keep bringing the truth girl!!!!
@JeSuisDeTexas2 жыл бұрын
Seriously, every single one of them has….HuMaNsSsS!!!!! 👹
@lisadilo96152 жыл бұрын
Capitalism at it’s finest 😡
@CandySophie182 жыл бұрын
Literally nothing changed
@tropicalladyj80332 жыл бұрын
@@lisadilo9615 No doubt. It’s just crazy that some people just can’t seem to behave like a decent human.
@lisadilo96152 жыл бұрын
@@tropicalladyj8033 isn’t it? I really don’t get it myself. Being a decent human is so hard for some people!!
@luanaribeiro55222 жыл бұрын
There is a story about a town in Brazil that found an abandoned radioterapy device. People broke into it and found a glowing powder later found out being caesium- 137. Many people were poisoned by this radioctive thing. Idk if you already did this, but if not it would be so cool if you covered this story. (Sorry about my english im still learning)
@amberdavis50832 жыл бұрын
Your English is great!!! Don’t apologize!
@XLindsLuvsPinkX2 жыл бұрын
Seriously, you just wrote better than many people that are native English speakers.
@bunk957 ай бұрын
No ones doing slaves labor without being forced to. Equipment for the death camp system? The portion marketed with healthcare? You dont have the other required systems.
@Peaches22Baby2 жыл бұрын
Wow this is so sad that the women never even got the money and died of this horrible poisoning. I absolutely adore you and Joan and listening to your stories thank you for your time you take for us!!
@bogwitch22 жыл бұрын
They did GET the money but were already too devastated by the poisoning to even use it
@Pikapichuu2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to think part of why they fought so hard for the money was to take care of their families since they knew they weren't going to last. So the fight in court and the financial win wouldn't have been for nothing
@skyem55742 жыл бұрын
But they didn’t just win the case for themselves it lead to labour safety standards and workers’ rights advances. They won it for everyone who benefits from that too.
@alexiss35852 жыл бұрын
It was The Big Comfy Couch when I was younger... Now it's the Dark History Couch when I'm older 😍 I absolutely love all of your videos, you always look so amazing and it's crazy how much work you put into these videos
@elynnm30162 жыл бұрын
The big comfy couch was exactly where my mind went. Lol
@DaniYuki2 жыл бұрын
I went to the comments specifically for the Big Comfy Couch reference hahaha
@KathyTrithardt2 жыл бұрын
_The Radium Girls_ by Kate Moore is an excellent book on this subject.
@QuaffleNox2 жыл бұрын
I clicked on this video so fast because I read that book the week it came out.
@KathyTrithardt2 жыл бұрын
@@QuaffleNox Such a fascinating book.
@alexandrasupernova79612 жыл бұрын
Agreed!🤗💯 Great book~
@delilahdelaney2 жыл бұрын
While reading this I couldn't get over their boss. He watched beautiful young girls quickly become sick and suffering horribly. How could he watch them deteriorate??? Hope he is suffering, wherever he is!
@KathyTrithardt2 жыл бұрын
@@delilahdelaney I imagine he has passed away by now, given a lot of this case was in the 1910-1920's, but yes, I was furious at how heartless his actions were.
@TyannaL2 жыл бұрын
It’s so sad they had to go through that when the men were protected in suits and aprons next door. The book The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women is a MUST read. Thanks Bailey 💕Happy New Year everyone
@Kulkazulka12 жыл бұрын
Hi Bailey and everyone! I know this may seem irrelevant, but Marie Curie is actually Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was a Polish woman who married a French man and the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize! Poles are very proud of this part of our history and I did not want this information to get lost here especially since it's an episode about woman. I just feel like it is common misconception that she was French when in reality she was very much Polish. You can take it as a fun fact or my addiction to the story. Maria was big part of history since there was really no women in science back then! True inspiration. Anyways, thank you for what you're doing, you are a big inspiration for a lot of people as well Bailey ❤️
@moonwalkerangel70082 жыл бұрын
It is not an irrelevant fact at all, I think the reason Bailey did not mention Marie Sklodowska Curie’s full name is that Polish last names are challenging to pronounce. My last name (which I will not disclose) is a Polish last name that people find hard to pronounce and spell. Bailey has always mispronounced last names in all of her videos. Now is it an excuse to ignore Maria Curie’s true heritage? Not at all. Yet people still refer to Marie Sklodowska Curie as Marie Curie and that she was a Polish and naturalised French physicist and chemist. I think people often believe she was French as she was a French citizen though again (agreeing with you) that she was born Polish.
@zuzannaczerwinska26352 жыл бұрын
Also Maria Skłodowska-Curie invented a new radioactive particle that she named Polon, so that people can distinguish it across other ones because it's named after her country 💜
@purplepurina Жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment
@erinturner96182 жыл бұрын
YES THANK YOU! I live in the Illinois town and I work in a nursing home. So many of my residents lost their mothers and aunts and sisters to Westclox. Snow doesn’t even stick on the graves of the victims. They’re still so radioactive.
@dayaautum69832 жыл бұрын
The snow melts over their graves ?!?!?!! Okay that's messed up.
@thalukanyovanessa29592 жыл бұрын
This is shocking.
@thewoman2blame7062 жыл бұрын
The book about this was gut wrenching. As a healthcare professional reading about everything from The Radium girls to Henrietta lacks is eye opening. 😳
@zaideesdoll99922 жыл бұрын
Henriettas story is underrated. More ears need to hear it. 😫
@toyah2312 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the book?
@QuaffleNox2 жыл бұрын
The Radium Girls. Wild, beautiful, painful book. Those poor girls.
@jenniferatkinson90852 жыл бұрын
I have the Lacks book. What's the name about the radium girls?
@nicholealderfer1912 жыл бұрын
I've read the book, would recommend. It goes into more detail. Came out three or four years ago if I recall, I read a lot. The book goes into way more detail. Well written and researched.
@elizabethjones20842 жыл бұрын
I've accidentally cut off a fingertip and that hurt SO BAD. To have that as the better option means radium must have hurt.
@sherrilyndaleofficial2 жыл бұрын
BAILZZZ!! These BANGS! I’m living for!! 🔥 I mean you are beautiful in any colour and style but this is just 🤌🏼
@2teddybearz2 жыл бұрын
Oooo....Hey Sherrilyn, my best Canadian mystery girl
@sewgeekdesigns91132 жыл бұрын
@@2teddybearz yes!!!!!!
@toyadee87922 жыл бұрын
Love the support between all of u ladies on here thats In this “field” ❤️❤️❤️
@ebonymarieblack15302 жыл бұрын
Would love if you and Bailey would do a team up video! You both are amazing and your videos are like having a conversation with a friend.
@gracespence2182 жыл бұрын
@sherrilyn Dale and Bailey sarian should do a clip or 2 Together ! That would be awesome 😎🙂 ... 🔥
@JoanieTristine2 жыл бұрын
I watched a documentary on radium jaw a while ago, these ladies would develop necrosis from licking their brushes to wet the tip. Companies and factories were warned about the toxicity of radium but they just didn’t care.
@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac2 жыл бұрын
Not only were they warned, BUT THE MEN ON THE LAB SIDE WERE ALL USING TONGS AND PPE WHILE HANDLING. Contemporaneously, the women (and literal GIRLS) were being told it would make their cheeks rosy.
@Topdoggie7 Жыл бұрын
Ugh the teeth wiggling out and necrosis is the worst thing to have happen.
@katielancaster63762 жыл бұрын
Marie Curie is just an awesome awesome lady (in terms of pioneering science and women) She could be a dark history episode. She lost her husband to a freak accident, but what gave her fame also slowly killed her. Her early life wasn't abusive but not easy either.
@HolliMostella2 жыл бұрын
Already making 2022 the best.
@sarahadkisson16532 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure all the body's have been dug up and lead shielding has been put in place and then reburied them but you will still get some sort of reading on a survey meter. I live in NJ and I also work for the state in radiation protection. I love that you covered this topic! It is so interesting and sad at the same time but the Radium girls started a whole new field and I personally wouldn't have the job I do without all their efforts in getting justice for themselves and all the workers!
@bronminett40422 жыл бұрын
Stay safe while your keeping others safe and speak up if you see something wrong. Your doing great work ❤️
@lucylulusuperguru34872 жыл бұрын
And I'm sitting here left wondering how you even got interested in that field?
@samanthasawyer89602 жыл бұрын
I was asking myself if any protection was put in place to prevent the bodies from poisoning the environment. Thank you for answering my question 👍
@drewsudaj2 жыл бұрын
My family was pretty heavily effected by the Westclox radium watches! My grandma's yard is still contaminated by both the Carus Chemical & Westclox hazardous waste. I had family who worked for both & ended up dying from cancer. I'm so glad this was discussed!
@AlexOrJustAl2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry to hear this horrible outcome of your family members and that this is still effecting your grandmother's actual home to this day. Warmest regards to you and your family. 🙏🏽
@TheMightyBlackPearl2 жыл бұрын
Bailey has single handedly made Monday's something to look forward to! QUEEN 👑❤👸
@Kr136912 жыл бұрын
So true!
@AdamIshak012 жыл бұрын
This is such perfect timing because I’ve been behind on dark history, so I was binging her videos and I’m almost caught up, and now I got a new video! It feels like I’m being rewarded :) This sounds like the sister story to the arsenic dresses everyone wore in the Victorian Era because arsenic gave the dye a brand new rich green color most people never saw before.
@madcat61592 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've become really interested in this story lately and would love to hear it from Bailey someday 'cause it's really hard to find more than surface level info on that. And it was basically everywhere - clothes, toys, wallpapers...
@allisonsmith77792 жыл бұрын
These womens coffins were also encased in cement to keep the radiation from seeping into the surrounding soil/possible ground water. There’s also a movie out about it and it’s pretty interesting.
@CosmicSirenMandi Жыл бұрын
They did the same thing with some victims mainly the firefighters in the Chernobyl Incident as well sadly. It's crazy how some companies are so negligent with dangerous elements 😡
@katarinabush53902 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear you take on Agent Orange next! I currently have a family member who is a child of Agent Orange and it’s reaped terrible havoc on her body.
@stacisimpson43122 жыл бұрын
Ok now I’m curious, what is agent orange??
@user-gl8fb8nc9c2 жыл бұрын
@@stacisimpson4312It's a pesticide the U.S used in Vietnam. They dumped this stuff off planes into the jungle to destroy foliage and cover the vietcong were using to hide. This poisoned the wildlife to this day, which has caused tons of birth defects for unsuspecting people years after the war
@carrieremlinger17922 жыл бұрын
I lost my dad because of Agent Orange. 😭💔
@MouthyMa2 жыл бұрын
Ironically, my Lyme disease diagnosis (that took 5 years to figure out) it what led me down the Agent Orange rabbit hole. I would LOVE if Bailey would cover that topic! 🖤 Really sorry to hear about your family member!! ❤️
@skeletoncricket9202 жыл бұрын
I feel like Magdalene laundries would be an interesting dark history topic.
@celtzen2 жыл бұрын
Holy cats (no pun intended) that is a whole long term ball of f*cked up
@AlchemicalApothecary2 жыл бұрын
I don't know what this is so I'm thumbsing up so Bailey can tell me what this is
@kirstiegog2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’m Irish and they are still finding body’s to this day from these poor women and their baby’s 😢
@joannekingmusic2 жыл бұрын
@@kirstiegog I suggested she do a video on the Tuam babies a while back. I'm Irish too and this story breaks my heart.
@stephaniegrabner22362 жыл бұрын
Was not familiar, but did a quick Google. Horrible and the last one closed in 1996! Crazy Horrible! Please do an episode on this.
@Anxioustater2 жыл бұрын
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore tells their story in a heartbreakingly beautiful way. So glad you did this topic
@melaniewantsabeer2432 жыл бұрын
My grandmother actually told me about this years ago. And I just recently watched the movie about this. Those poor women. Tragic doesn't even begin to cover it.
@insanelittlesilk2 жыл бұрын
The movie is amazing
@aphiwejili38102 жыл бұрын
@@insanelittlesilk What's the name of the movie??
@kikigam7113Ай бұрын
@@aphiwejili3810 radium girls
@layscrzt2 жыл бұрын
I’m a huge fan from Brazil and this story reminded me of the Goiânia accident in 1987, a big radioactive accident that happened where some people found a glowing rock and carried it around, like on the bus, showed their neighbors, and unfortunately a lot of people died. Theres a great video from Felipe Castanhari (canal nostalgia) you would LOVE IT
@MissM.7892 жыл бұрын
I'll check it out!
@layscrzt2 жыл бұрын
@@MissM.789 it’s amazing, animated and has subtitles! ❤️
@cherryblossom5202 жыл бұрын
That's so wild! At the same time sad and scary. A must see.
@bondickle2 жыл бұрын
I think Plainly Difficult may have also covered it. He covers a lot of radioactive etc incidents. (Either PD or Fascinating History. I get the two mixed up sometimes as to who covered what!) x
@MissM.7892 жыл бұрын
@@layscrzt just watched it! It's so sad. That poor little girl getting buried by a crane.
@alexnewell22462 жыл бұрын
I love that you did a Dark History video about this. You actually showed a photo of my great grandma in the Ottawa location. Super interesting thank you so much for taking an interest. Love watching your videos!
@DaisyRM2 жыл бұрын
1000 ways to die taught me about the radium girls but I never saw it mentioned in school history or elsewhere. I'm really glad you're going into depth about these unfortunate women, they deserved better.
@ThankYouPain092 жыл бұрын
Same!
@spike169652 жыл бұрын
There is a movie called radium girls. You should watch if you havent yet.
@charliemander67012 жыл бұрын
This story is so wild, there was a play written about The Radium Girls of the same name!! My highschool put on the show and no one could believe it was based on a real story!!
@elizabethbaban90482 жыл бұрын
Same !!!!
@annafountain40332 жыл бұрын
Mine as well! I’m actually an actress, so I was in it, and the research we did on it was just insane. The fact that these women were working with radium that many of them suspected was dangerous and then were completely dismissed and ignored
@katherinequinonez86892 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this coincidence. I'm actually a Safety trainer and are currently talking about this case to my students. This and other cases contributed to the creation of OSHA.
@robinnicole44663 ай бұрын
Yup! Learned that in OSHA training in college!
@justinmcleod41302 жыл бұрын
IDEA. BUT ITS VERY TIME CONSUMING. WHAT IF BAILEY PUTS THESE STORIES INTO AN ACTUAL BOOK AND CALL IT DARK HISTORY. I WOULD BUY IT IN A HEARTBEAT
@perrasucia58382 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling she is! Watch it drop during some cool date, maybe Halloween?
@justemzi2 жыл бұрын
it’s so wild seeing bailey almost be at 6million when i’ve been looooving her content before she hit 300k😭
@andersonnikkic2 жыл бұрын
I love your dark history room!!! The colors, the lighting, it looks so cozy and comfy 😍 I feel like we're at a slumber party - complete with giant story book and story telling. It's a pretty fun time! Don't worry Bailey, I got the popcorn ;)
@Rara313932 жыл бұрын
I remember learning about this in school they said the victims would break their ankles or legs just from walking across the floor. Can’t imagine how painful life must have been for them.
@samanthagruwell89942 жыл бұрын
Horrible
@jacqrichardson54482 жыл бұрын
When I learned about this in school, my teacher also brought up Canary Girls, the women who worked in the munitions factories and were exposed to TNT and cordite which gave them jaundice or just turned them yellow
@esbeidy_olguin2 жыл бұрын
Just did a presentation for my chemistry class on Radium Girls and Bailey you were such a help when making my presentation. Thank you!!!!
@lauramorin8992 жыл бұрын
"You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in the workplace!" Great Story Bailey!! Thanks again for teaching us! 🤗🥰🤗
@jordanelizabeth90892 жыл бұрын
I love you Bailey! Thank you for always making my mondays and Thursday’s better ❤️
@eneidabarros72852 жыл бұрын
Well said! Bailey, you're amazingly creative and fun. My tween niece loves your videos, but I can't let her watch all of them (because of content and swearing). Mondays sans Bailey equals boring!! Mondays with Bailey, woohoo!🥰 Bailey I loves ya but please go easy on the swearing🤞🏼!! Thank you!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@handalf2 жыл бұрын
I'd recommended this month's back and super happy to see it done. It's such an interesting case and important. I'd read that their jaws fell off, their backs would collapse, all kinds of painful bone and joint problems. So sad. At least we are talking about them, they deserve that much.
@werecover37332 жыл бұрын
Bailey, you should cover the Thalidomide tragedy’s, it’s wild!
@svetlana43102 жыл бұрын
Agreed!! I think now would be a great time to bring that up!!
@loulou27442 жыл бұрын
Defo my friends mam was a victim of this and was born wit one hand but has never let it stopped her at anything ....
@samanthagruwell89942 жыл бұрын
I want to know, what's that about???? Bailey...
@junkyard_dog182 жыл бұрын
this is so freaky-i had my u.s history class a few hours before this was posted and my teacher literally mentioned the radium girls in class. i was gonna do some research but now i dont even have to. thanks bailey :) 🙏
@allisonbuck26452 жыл бұрын
There's actually a whole other batch of radium girls that lead all of The radium girls to victory even after the first lawsuit.
@allisonbuck26452 жыл бұрын
In Orange Ottowa
@lalelulallo2 жыл бұрын
Stories like this are a reminder that even today, things like this could be happening but because of money, the media, stakeholders and owners choose to ignore it.
@citigirlcountrified19278 ай бұрын
Cell phones and towers are the new watch factory
@robinnicole44663 ай бұрын
Ever heard of talcum powder? It's still wildly used.. . And causes cancer
@chrisg642 жыл бұрын
My great grandma was born in 1917. She died at 97. It’s crazy to me to think she’s lived thru SO much
@lorrainearmstrong75872 жыл бұрын
My stepfather was born in Russia in 1901. He moved to Canada in 1923 and became a teacher. Imagine what HE knew!! He wrote a book about it. Not widely available though
@chocolatebunnygirl82 жыл бұрын
We learned about this freshman year in highschool and all the girls were asked to write a monologue in the perspective of a radium girl and the best ones performed it in a Radium Girls production. I still have the dvd with the recording of mine on stage :)
@chelelee63212 жыл бұрын
Wow. That is really cool. Maybe post it here on KZbin. Sounds cool. I would watch it.
@maddsmayy1682 жыл бұрын
Post it I would watch it :)
@kyletally66232 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've looked you up on YT - I found you on FB and have been OBSESSED. But my FB crapped out so I came here --- sooooo happy to find the stories are longer and more detailed! I'm going to binge til 3a.m. ❤💙💜💖 you are AMAZING!
@kyletally66232 жыл бұрын
...also I'm on my husband's YT account... just felt that I needed to make that known 🤪
@buhlemahlangu2136 Жыл бұрын
Funny because that’s also how I found her 😂😂 I needed more so I came to KZbin
@toweroverflower76822 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Bailey quite some time ago and then all my friends were bustling about her content and it made me so happy to see other people start to enjoy her content too. I get to learn something without nodding off! ❤️
@linsmarie232 жыл бұрын
I was just in a play called “These Shining Lives” in September and played Pearl Payne. Thank you for bringing more light to this story. It paved the way for so much reform!
@vesselforpasta2 жыл бұрын
Bailey really has the gift of story telling.
@janicemcnutt48572 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does everyone miss watching the ads where we'd see her talk? 🥺 Love the wig tonight Bailey
@stormimiller29232 жыл бұрын
Nope you're not the only one
@norikadolmy72742 жыл бұрын
Oooh I would love to see a dark history about the curie's discovering radioactivity together and then how Marie eventually succumbed to cancer from the radiation... but not before her husband Pierre slipped and fell in the street and has his head crushed by a horse draw cart
@specialkali2 жыл бұрын
SPOILER ALERT
@kimielle2 жыл бұрын
Her notes are still too radioactive to read without protective clothing to this day
@334...42 жыл бұрын
I wish people remembered she was really called Marie Skłodowska- Curie. She was Polish.
@luciramirez3202 жыл бұрын
My sophomore year we did “These Shining Lives” which was based on the Ottowa girls. I learned so much and it and about the girls not too far from my hometown. It’s just so crazy to me that this went on for so long.
@TsunamiKitten562 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else laugh/giggle whenever Bailey says AQUA TOFANA 😂 I can't help it.
@thatgirl_nay70492 жыл бұрын
I read that in Baileys voice lol
@margarnermg2 жыл бұрын
@@thatgirl_nay7049 me too 😆
@annabell28112 жыл бұрын
Only OGs know lol Aqua tofanaaa~~
@monicaburnham36082 жыл бұрын
How about her TikTok when she slides down the stairs and whispers “Aqua Tofana” 🤣
@michellemendoza55142 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS... I randomly whisper it to my daughter and she bursts out laughing!
@karmica75912 жыл бұрын
As usual, money over people's lives. Thanks to you Bailey and all the team for this podcast, it's precious.
@Porter73172 жыл бұрын
What a horrifying story! 😮😵 RIP to all of the ladies! 🙏🏾
@dougrose902 жыл бұрын
“You know what else is poisonous? Abuse in a workplace.” OSHA Approved
@gingerale18612 жыл бұрын
Ya really makes ya think 🤔
@sam416952 жыл бұрын
We've missed you Bailey 🥺 my day is officially made!
@Hellcat2022 жыл бұрын
I've always loved to fall asleep with some history documentaries,but this is WAAAAAY BETTER
@leoncasteel31372 жыл бұрын
Bailey, I look forward to your videos weekly. It’s a way for my wife and I to spend time together when our work schedules conflict it allows for us to be together and share a common interest. Thank you for all that you do
@abqannie50522 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of of the dark history of leaded gasoline. Not only were workers poisoned, but lead was being spread in the air from cars. They finally banned it in 1986. The person who discovered this was trying to determine the age of the earth, and had to invent the clean room to do his experiments because of the widespread lead contamination everywhere.
@chelelee63212 жыл бұрын
You're right. We are lucky (in at least this respect) that products are tested for safety before being marketed. The lead though is quite scary too. We're still dealing with the after effects of that today.
@lilmissmama3172 жыл бұрын
My great grandma was a radium girl in Ottawa at Radium Dial. She was one of the oldest ones to work there and they never understood why she didn’t have health issues like the younger girls. They came out with a documentary in the 80s talking to the last of the women. My dad told us kids about the football field that never had snow on it in the winter because the rubble from Radium Dial was beneath the field. 😳
@caitlindriscoll13272 жыл бұрын
Wow that's really interesting. I read the radium girls book and I remember in the beginning chapters they talk about how radium waste was used to fill school playgrounds.
@burgerking52232 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a Dark History about surgeries / medical practices / what we now view as “crazy” but what people once thought made sense. For example: trepanning for just about anything
@abigailevans82662 жыл бұрын
Love this idea!!
@Thisplaceisaprison39122 жыл бұрын
I think she did one on lobotomies 🤔
@ZenBirdWordNERD2 жыл бұрын
Cross- reference the old show Oddities about the NYC shop that carried ancient/torturous/defunct medical instruments. Truly macabre! My daughter & I visited the shop once. BUT - it makes me think, “What else are we doing right now that we will soon learn is dangerous?”
@burgerking52232 жыл бұрын
@@ZenBirdWordNERD This is something I’ve thought of as well! (In regards to what the future will reveal about current practices!)
@burgerking52232 жыл бұрын
@@Thisplaceisaprison3912 She did! But there are so many things that have come before or after that are also very interesting/macabre :)
@madscarmichael84192 жыл бұрын
baileys energy makes my day go up dramatically
@kaylamcbroom56462 жыл бұрын
This story was terrifying! I’ve had dreams about my teeth falling out but the descriptions of these womens’ poisoning symptoms was much more gruesome! Very Dark History!
@chocolatenana4452 жыл бұрын
Yet another thing we should've learned in school. Thank you for being such an awesome opossum and blessing us with your efforts on giving us such an amazing video like always!!!!
@ttfells20202 жыл бұрын
"I can't recall their names" ... as Oprah said it is so important to say the names of victims to reclaim a sense humanity in the tragedy. Production workers may have more protective right now than during this time but they are still taken advantage of
@showmethemonny57962 жыл бұрын
Oprah is evil
@aamateur-artist2 жыл бұрын
@@showmethemonny5796 How? What did she do?
@angelicavences93572 жыл бұрын
Did bailey say this?
@ttfells20202 жыл бұрын
@@angelicavences9357 no, the person on stand said that