The birth of the pill

how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution

The birth of the pill

how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution
Jonathan Eig
Book - 2014

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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37413313528871 Disponible Non-fiction 618.1822 EIG
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eig, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
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505 0 |a 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. 
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600 1 0 |a Sanger, Margaret,  |d 1879-1966. 
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