print email comment close The Pill URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/ Description: An exploration of the history and the physiological and social effects of the pill for women approved by the FDA as an oral contraceptive in 1960. Includes interviews on video, samples of birth control pill package design, andn a teacher's guide. This site is designed to supplement a PBS film presented as part of their "American Experience" television series. Publisher: PBS Online; WGBH Library of Congress Subject Headings: Birth control -- History Oral contraceptives LII Database Information: Record 4960 created by Pat Fell on 03/13/2003 Last modification on 02/26/2005 Published: 03/13/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4960