During World War 1, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dails with luminous radium paint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html

https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace

https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/radium-girls

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/13/263/2096834/