Literally, the work was light as the main job the young ladies were given was to apply glowing paint to the faces of clocks, instrument gauges, and wristwatches for the United States Radium Company.

People who live in the Columbia Basin near the Hanford site have joked about the myth of glowing in the dark. But in the Bible, one man’s face actually did glow.

The McClellan Theatre performed the classic Radium Girls play on March 13, 14 and 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. “It is being done at this particular time in recognition of Women’s History Month,” Dennis Zuelke, ...