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- Title
The Pill at Fifty.
- Authors
PRESCOTT, HEATHER
- Abstract
The essay considers the fifty-year anniversary of the decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the use of the first contraceptive pill Enovid. Topics considered include museum exhibitions commemorating the event, the 2010 blog post entitled "Better Than Nature: The Pill" by Amanda Chau for the O Say Can You See blog of the National Museum of American History, and side effects from hormone therapy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs; ORAL contraceptives; DRUG side effects; WOMEN'S health services; EXHIBITIONS; MEDICINE; HISTORY; HISTORY of medicine
- Publication
Technology & Culture, 2013, Vol 54, Issue 4, p735
- ISSN
0040-165X
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/tech.2013.0137