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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Eig, Jonathan, author.     Subjects     McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967.     Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967.     Rock, John, 1890-1984.     Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.     Oral contraceptives -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eig, Jonathan, author.       by title:      The birth of the pil...         MARC Display

The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig. by Eig, Jonathan, author. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2014. Subjects McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967.   Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967.   Rock, John, 1890-1984.   Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.   Oral contraceptives -- History. ISBN:  0393073726 (hardcover) 9780393073720 (hardcover) : Description:  x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. 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 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 618.1822 Ei Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 Eig Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 Ei Transit Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 618.1822 Ei Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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