the birth control pill

The Birth Control Pill and Social Change : 

The Birth Control Pill and Social Change Keleishia Williams Ronald Ziegler Estafany Arias James Wharton

1956 : 

1956 After comparing the data from studies using both Syntex's and Searle's drugs, Rock picks Searle's formulation, called Enovid, to be the first birth control submitted for FDA approval in America.

1957 : 

1957 1959 The FDA approves the use of Enovid for the treatment of severe menstrual disorders and requires the drug label to carry the warning that Enovid will prevent ovulation. By late 1959, over half a million American women are taking Enovid, presumably for the "off-label" contraceptive purposes.

1965 : 

1965 Just five years after the Pill's FDA approval, more than 6.5 million American woman are taking oral contraceptives, making the Pill the most popular form of birth control in the U.S.

1974 : 

1974 Just 15 years after President Eisenhower declared that birth control is not the government's business, the government supports birth control clinics in 2,379 of the nation's 3,099 counties. Of all the methods dispensed, the Pill is most popular.

1982 : 

1982 The Pill's impact on women in the work force is significant. With highly effective birth control now at their disposal, 60% of women of reproductive age are employed in America.

1988 : 

1988 Surveys show that birth control has disappeared from the list of medical research's 35 top priorities. Birth control is now excepted as a norm in America.

The Pill – A factor in Social Change : 

The Pill – A factor in Social Change

Decline in Birth rate : 

Decline in Birth rate

Putting Women to Work : 

Putting Women to Work

Feminist movement : 

Feminist movement “[The Pill] sparked the feminist and pro-choice movements. Once women felt they were in charge of their own bodies, they began to question the authority of their husbands, their fathers, their bosses, their doctors and their churches...women were ready to explode into personhood’” -Ladies’ Home Journal, 1990

Giving Rise to Women's Choice : 

Giving Rise to Women's Choice

No Longer Bound : 

No Longer Bound