On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercially-made birth control pill. This early form of the hormone drug was widely marketed as a solution to unwanted pregnancy.

This work tells the story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. It details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti ...

Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990. Introduction : birth control, the moral property of women -- From folk medicine to prohibition to resistance. The ...