Hundreds of women and girls were exposed to a radioactive chemical at an Illinois factory in the 1920s. Years later, they helped change workplace safety standards. In the early 1900s, radium was all ...

Canadian author Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Painted Girls, a New York Times bestseller, is inspired by the Edgar Degas sculpture The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen Years. In her novel, the Niagara Falls, ...

How could I be jealous of a fictional child’s feet? Every time Antoinette van Goethem admires the “dancer’s feet” of her little sister Charlotte, memories of my years in ballet class came flooding ...

Edgar Degas's wax-and-fabric statuette "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" has held the curiosity of millions in its 28 bronze reproductions, but far fewer know the heart-rending history of the model, Marie ...

The Painted Girls is a gritty portrayal not only of the world of the ballet but of Paris itself You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The human ...