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- This product had a total of 131 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2020.
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This book was a fascinating well told history lesson that read like a novel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Having grown up in the late 60s early 70s i can remember the attitudes toward sex and birth control and the taboo that surrounded such things
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The title says it all
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The book follows a scientist doctor an activist and a woman who kept the project going through funding it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Part history part thriller part oddball comedy the birth of the pill is a one of a kind book with a cast of characters no fiction writer could whip up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
An engaging and well written account of birth control and the sagas that lead to mordern day contraception
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While i had read books about women from before its invention such as the second sex and the feminine mystique okay before most middle class women could easily get it prescribed these books didnt quite illuminate the problem like this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Neither is written with the hope that there could be another option besides dangerous and illegal abortions because there simply was not one