02215cam a2200337 i 4500 183040503 TxAuBib 20141105120000.0 140516s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014019355 9780393073720 hardcover 0393073726 hardcover TxAuBib rda Eig, Jonathan. The birth of the pill : how four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / Jonathan Eig. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014] x, 388 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A winter night -- A short history of sex -- Spontaneous ovulations -- A go-to-hell look -- Lover and fighter -- Rabbit tests -- "I'm a sexologist" -- The socialite and the sex maniac -- A shotgun question -- Rock's rebound -- What makes a rooster crow? -- A test in disguise -- Cabeza de negro -- The road to Shrewsbury -- "Weary & depressed" -- The trouble with women -- A San Juan weekend -- The women of the asylum -- John Rock's hard place -- As easy as aspirin -- A deadline to meet -- "The miracle tablet maybe" -- Hope to the hopeless -- Trials -- "Papa Pincus's pink pills for planned parenthood" -- Jack Searle's big bet -- The birth of the pill -- "Believed to have magical powers" -- The double effect -- La señora de las pastillas -- An unlikely pitch man -- "A whole new bag of beans" -- The climax -- Epilogue. Immersed in radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes, this is the fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. 20141112. McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1876-1967. Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967. Rock, John, 1890-1984. Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966. Oral contraceptives History. Birth control Women's history.