The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig.
Eig, Jonathan.
2014
RG137.5 .E37 2014 (Mapit)
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Title The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig.
Author Eig, Jonathan.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780393073720 hardcover
0393073726 hardcover
Published New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Language English
Description x, 388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number RG137.5 .E37 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 618.1/82209
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."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-367) and index.
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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
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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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