America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
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A revealing new look at the groundbreaking form of contraception that enabled women to control their lives and transform the world The Washington Post - Ashley Sayeau …at just over 200 pages, the book is as compact and powerful as the pill itself…May devotes many pages to delineating the moral and physical risks posed by the pill, and rightfully so. But there are lots of reasons to celebrate the pill, and she is at her best when allowing herself to do that. She gives a wonderful account of Sanger's advocacy and of Katharine McCormick, a women's rights activist who bankrolled the pill's development. Likewise, she skillfully shows how women fought for access to the pill, as well as for a safer pill, against some pretty big contenders, pharmaceutical companies and the Catholic Church among them.
