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The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
By Eig, Jonathan
- ISBN
- 9780393073720
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on July 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Journalist Eig (Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig) chronicles the individuals most responsible for the development of Enovid, the first FDA-approved oral contraceptive, in the 1950s. These are doctor Gregory Pincus, the scientist who founded the research-focused Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology after being dismissed from Harvard University; Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood; Katharine McCormick, the millio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
