The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393351890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Jonathan Eig, a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, is the best-selling author of The Birth of the Pill, Luckiest Man, Opening Day, and Get Capone. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children
Must read for any feminist Do you truly understand how the pill came to be? This is essential reading for anyone whose life has been improved by this miracle pill (and that's pretty much all of us). Just loved this book, Lynne Nattaglia- Triggs Excellent look at history back when I was in Jr-Sr high school. Very well done, and my book club of both men and women loved it unanimously.. Fun book club selection It's a miracle we got the Pillit couldn't happen today. Fascinating read about the characters involved. Fun book club selection, with lots to talk about.
A Chicago Tribune "Best Books of 2014" • A Slate "Best Books 2014: Staff Picks" • A St. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic; the visionary scientist Gregory Pincus, who was dismissed by Harvard in the 1930s as a result
Club) . The Birth of the Pill is at once intelligent, well researched, witty, and captivating… A unique prism into the changing morals about sex, women, and marriage in 20th century America.” (Randi Hutter Epstein, author of Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank)“A fascinating look into the evolution of medical practices, funding and ethics and an intricate portrait of how completely women’s reproductive lives are woven into our culture in disturbing and contradictory ways.” (Ashley Nelson - San Francisco Chronicle)“Masterful… when legislatures and courts threaten to negate the miracles of science and human progress so dazzlingly portrayed here, Eig’s book is essential reading.” (Kate Manning - Washington Post)“Dynamic, highly engrossing… As har