Overview
Charting the development of an oral contraceptive during the 1950s and its effect on "the sexual revolution" of the '60s. It was enormous. Says Sylvia Clark, who grew up before the pill was available: "Women began to see themselves for the first time in all of history as economically self-sustaining." The hour examines reasons why, as it profiles the pill's key figures, including biologist Gregory Pincus and gynecologist John Rock; heiress Katharine Dexter McCormick, who financed the research; and Margaret Sanger, the activist who spearheaded it. Among Sanger's motivations: her own mother, who had 18 pregnancies (seven of them miscarriages) and died at 49.
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15 - 1Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? November 11, 2002 -
15 - 2Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage November 12, 2002 -
15 - 3Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis January 13, 2003 -
15 - 4Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun January 14, 2003 -
15 - 5Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago January 15, 2003 -
15 - 6The Murder of Emmett Till January 20, 2003 -
15 - 7Transcontinental Railroad January 27, 2003 -
15 - 8Partners of the Heart February 10, 2003 -
15 - 9The Pill February 24, 2003 -
15 - 10Daughter from Danang April 07, 2003 -
15 - 11Seabiscuit April 21, 2003 -
15 - 12Bataan Rescue July 07, 2003 -
15 - 13Murder at Harvard July 14, 2003