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Eig, Jonathan.
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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.
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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.
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The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig.
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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.
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