On the Pill
Subtitle: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: July 11, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780801868214
Subjects: Birth control, contraception, family planning; Reproductive medicine; Social history; Medical / Nursing; Contraception; Health Services For Women; Medical; History: American; USA; United States - General; General; Estrogen; History; History / United States / General; History-United States - General; Medical / General; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Women's Health - General
First sentence: In 1968, a popular writer ranked the pill's importance with the discovery of fire and the developments of tool-making, hunting, agriculture, urbanism, scientific medicine, and nuclear energy.