TY - JOUR
AB -  By Andrea Tone. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001. 366 pages. $15.00, softcover. Reviewed by: Anne S. Winters, RN, SNM, University of Michigan. The desire of women and men to control fertility and childbearing has spanned centuries of human existence. Andrea Tone, an associate professor of history at Georgia Institute of Technology, has captured in a unique and engaging way the history of this quest in modern times. Tone follows the evolution of the birth control industry from the passage of the Comstock law in 1873, which defined contraceptives as obscene, to the tragic consequences of the Dalkon Shield in the 1970s and 1980s. While considering the political and social influences of the time, Tone also manages to shed light on the individual human experiences of creating, distributing, acquiring, and using contraception, from Julius Schmidt, a poor sausage factory worker who created and sold condoms made from animal intestines, to the Harvard‐trained scientist Gregory Pincus who developed the Pill. What are most compelling about this story are the persistent reality of the need for effective and safe birth control and the equally persistent desire of Americans to keep this reality hidden. What is obvious is that at some 
TI - Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
JO - Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
DO - 10.1016/S1526-9523(03)00313-1
DA - 2003-11-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/devices-and-desires-a-history-of-contraceptives-in-america-0DL0MJSIXx
SP - 480
VL - 48
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -