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001			ocn869437822
003			OCoLC
005			20230620113514.0
008			140516s2014 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014019355
020			_a9780393073720 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0393073726 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)869437822
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dBDX _dGK8 _dOCLCF _dUPZ _dTLE _dJQM
042			_apcc
049			_aUOKA
050	0	0	_aRG137.5 _b.E34 2014
060		4	_aWP 630
082	0	0	_a618.1/82209 _223
092			_a618.1822 Ei41B 2014
100	1		_aEig, Jonathan _eauthor. _910465
245	1	4	_aThe birth of the pill : _bhow four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution / _cJonathan Eig.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c[2014]
264		4	_c�2014.
300			_ax, 388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [331]-367) and index.
505	0		_aA winter night -- A short history of sex -- Spontaneous ovlulatoins -- 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 se�nora de las pastillas -- An unlikely pitch man -- "A whole new bag of beans" -- The climax -- Epilogue.
520			_aImmersed 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.
600	1	0	_aMcCormick, Katharine Dexter, _d1875-1967 _910466
600	1	0	_aPincus, Gregory, _d1903-1967 _910467
600	1	0	_aRock, John, _d1890-1984 _910468
600	1	0	_aSanger, Margaret, _d1879-1966 _910469
650		0	_aOral contraceptives _xHistory. _910470
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c20885 _d20885
999			_b03008771