Birth of the Pill How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

Name: Birth of the Pill How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
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ISBN: 9780393073720

ISBN-10: 0393073726

ISBN-13: 9780393073720

Edition: 2014

Authors: Jonathan Eig

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The birth-control pill has been called the most importantinvention of the twentieth century. Yet its creation wasanything but certain. This is the story of the eclectic groupwho created the pill against overwhelming odds: GregoryPincus, the young scientist who was fired from Harvard Universityand forced to launch his own lab in a garage; MargaretSanger, the radical feminist whose beliefs about sex frightenedthe old guard; Katharine McCormick, the philanthropistwith a troubled past who bankrolled the research; and JohnRock, the Catholic doctor with movie-star looks who battledhis own church to win public support. Their story is told herewith remarkable detail and narrative force by one of…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/13/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.60" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English