In 1960, the FDA approved the contraceptive commonly known as the pill. Advocates, developers, and manufacturers believed that the convenient new drug would put an end to unwanted pregnancy, ensure happy marriages, and even eradicate poverty. But as renowned historian Elaine Tyler May reveals in America and the Pill, it was women who embraced it and created change. They used the pill to challenge the authority of doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and lawmakers. They demonstrated that the pill was about much more than family planningit offered women control over their bodies and their lives. From little-known accounts of the early years to personal testimonies from young women today, May illuminates what the pill did and did not achieve during its half century on the market.
- ISBN10 0465011527
- ISBN13 9780465011520
- Publish Date 27 April 2010
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 February 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English