The birth of the pill, how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution, Jonathan Eig
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The birth of the pill, how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution, Jonathan Eig
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-367 and index
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non fiction
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The birth of the pill
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bibliography
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Jonathan Eig
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how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution
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
Table Of 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 corw? -- A test in disguise 00 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 senora de las pastillas -- An unlikely pitch man -- "A whole new bag of beans" -- The climax -- Epilogue
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