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Bernard Asbell
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Pill:, The: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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1995-05-23 |
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0679411003 |
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Random House |
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1.55 pounds |
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6.2 x 9.3 x 1.4 inches |
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Updated |
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Product Description
With as many twists and turns as a thriller, this biography of the birth control pill tells the story of the committed people--Margaret Sanger, Katharine McCormick, and Dr. Gregory Pincus, among others--who pioneered the its development, as well as the two scientists who defied the law to advance its research. Photos.
Amazon.com Review
This is a complex and riveting tale involving eccentric scientists, the power of the Catholic church and a group of women and activists who would not take "no" for an answer. Rather than assign a "father" of the pill, Asbell credits two women as its mothers. Created in an era when women struggled to control family size by such horrific methods as Lysol douches, the pill changed women's lives forever in ways far more reaching than sexual freedom.
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