| Birth control pill is the most popular
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| | was also a women's right activist.
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| method of contraceptive world wide. Today
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| | McCormick believed that as much as the
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| many birth control pills like Yasmin,
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| | right to vote for women is important so
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| Lybrel, Alesse and many others
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| | is the right to control her body. She
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| manufactured by different pharmaceutical
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| | helped Margaret Sanger, a birth control
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| companies are available in the market.
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| | activist by supporting her cause in many
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| The reason for their popularity is
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| | ways.
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| 'convenience', unlike sterilization,
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| | When her husband died in 1947, she became
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| birth control pills are not permanent; it
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| | the sole inheritor of his property and a
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| is for temporary use i.e. they can be
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| | wealthy widow; she was 75 years of age
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| taken till the time a women is not ready
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| | then. Along with Sanger she envisioned a
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| to start a family and can also be used
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| | birth control method which could be taken
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| for proper family planning.
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| | in the pill form. Accordingly they met a
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| Though, birth control pills are popular
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| | scientist called Gregory Pincus who was
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| but there are many people who are still
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| | equally interested in developing a birth
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| naïve about their origin. The hard work
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| | control pill. Gregory was researching on
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| and efforts put by the scientists who
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| | progesterone and believed that it could
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| invented it and the endless support given
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| | be used as an anti-ovulent and could be
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| by the great women who made this
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| | developed as a contraceptive. He had
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| invention of the first contraceptive pill
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| | already tested and proved progesterone to
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| possible is little known by people, not
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| | work on animals but could not move
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| even by those who use these pills.
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| | further with the research due to lack of
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| Therefore, I found it worth writing about
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| | funds. McCormick asked him to immediately
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| the origin or history of birth control
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| | restart the research and handed him a
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| pills which extremely contributes to the
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| | check of $40,000 which was quite a
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| elevation of a woman's status.
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| | fortune that time.
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| Since ancient times birth control was an
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| | Wanting the pill to be developed in her
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| issue. We can even see the word
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| | life time, McCormick moved from her Santa
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| "abstinence" being mentioned many times
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| | Barbara home to the east where the
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| in the bible. Aristotle, Pliny and even
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| | research lab was located. She time and
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| Casanova talk about abstinences and
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| | again asked the scientist to hurry up the
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| spermicides. Human reproduction was
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| | project. Dr. John Rock joined Pincus and
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| understood only in the 1800's when the
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| | together they did their first trial on
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| scientists of that time discovered the
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| | human beings. The progesterone pills were
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| female egg and its importance in
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| | tested on 50 women who administered them
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| reproduction. Earlier it was considered
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| | for 21 days with seven days break for
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| that men were the life creator while
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| | menstruations. The human trial was a
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| women were just the nest. From then on
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| | success, not even one out of the 50 women
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| the approach to birth control took a
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| | tested ovulated while on the pill. This
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| different turn. Devices like condoms,
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| | laid the foundation of the birth of
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| sponges, douching syringes (injection in
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| | Enovid, the first contraceptive pill. In
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| the uterus with birth control solution
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| | 1960 FDA approved Enovid as a birth
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| after intercourse), diaphragms and
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| | control pill.
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| cervical caps started being widely used
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| | Today many new pills are available in the
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| but some of them were not at all safe.
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| | pharmaceutical circuit. You can opt for
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| Katherine McCormick, Margaret Sanger, Dr.
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| | Yasmin birth control or Lybrel birth
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| John Rock and Gregory Pincus are the
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| | control, as per the prescription given by
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| names to reckon with, without their zeal
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| | your doctor. But while buying spare a
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| and hard work the birth of contraceptive
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| | moment for these great people without
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| in the form of a pill would not have been
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| | whom it would not have been possible to
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| possible. I would especially want to give
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| | develop birth control pills. Great honor
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| kudos to Katherine McCormick.
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| | and acclaims should be given to the
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| Katherine McCormick was born in 1875 in a
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| | scientists that they without question
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| wealthy family in Dexter, Michigan. In
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| | deserve. However, the name of Katherine
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| 1904, she became one of the first women
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| | McCormick the real person behind the
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| to graduate in a degree of science
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| | development of birth control pill and the
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| (biology) from Massachusetts institute of
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| | sole financier, is today forgotten. Great
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| technology. She got married to Stanley
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| | injustice is done by us for not knowing
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| McCormick, heir to the International
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| | and remembering the selfless women who
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| Harvester Company fortune, who later
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| | paved the way for our liberation.
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| suffered from schizophrenia. Believing
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| | Therefore, let us all give a toss to her,
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| that schizophrenia is hereditary
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| | remembering that it is only because of
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| Katherine McCormick vowed not to have any
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| | her that today we can opt for family
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| children. Therefore, contraceptives
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| | planning and pursue our career without
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| became her prime concern. She was
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| | the hassle of periods and unwanted
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| involved in many philanthropic works and
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| | pregnancies. Kudos! Katherine McCormick.
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