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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Eig, Jonathan.     Subjects     Rock, John, 1890-1984.     Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967.     Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.     McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967.     Oral contraceptives -- History.     Oral contraceptives -- Social aspects -- History.     Birth control -- History.     Family planning -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eig, Jonathan.       by title:      The birth of the pil...       by call number:      618.1822 E34b     Search the Web     Eig, Jonathan.     Rock, John, 1890-1984.     Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967.     Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.     McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967.     Oral contraceptives -- History.     Oral contraceptives -- Social aspects -- History.     Birth control -- History.     Family planning -- History.       MARC Display

The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig. by Eig, Jonathan. W. W. Norton & Company, [2014] Call #: 618.1822 E34b Subjects Rock, John, 1890-1984.   Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967.   Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.   McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967.   Oral contraceptives -- History.   Oral contraceptives -- Social aspects -- History.   Birth control -- History.   Family planning -- History. ISBN:  9780393073720 (hc.) 0393073726 (hc.) Alternate title:  Pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution Description:  x, 388 p. ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  A winter night -- A short history of sex -- Spontaneous ovulations -- A go-to-hell look -- Lover and fighter -- Rabbit tests -- "I'm a sexologist" -- The socialite and the sex maniac -- A shotgun question -- Rock's rebound -- What makes a rooster crow? -- A test in disguise -- Cabeza de negro -- The road to Shrewsbury -- "Weary & depressed" -- The trouble with women -- A San Juan weekend -- The women of the asylum -- John Rock's hard place -- As easy as aspirin -- A deadline to meet -- "The miracle tablet maybe" -- Hope to the hopeless -- Trials -- "Papa Pincus's pink pills for planned parenthood" -- Jack Searle's big bet -- The birth of the pill -- "Believed to have magical powers" -- The double effect -- La señora de las pastillas -- An unlikely pitch man -- "A whole new bag of beans" -- The climax -- Epilogue. Summary:  Immersed in radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes, this is the fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 E34b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 E34b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 E34b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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