"These Shining Lives" by Melanie Marnich is a powerful play based on the true story of the "Radium Girls," women who worked at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s. These women, lured by good wages, painted watch dials with radium-based paint, unaware of the devastating health consequences. As their health deteriorates from radium poisoning, they fight for justice against the company that prioritized profit over their well-being. The play explores themes of corporate negligence, female resilience, and the fight for worker's