Did the contraceptive pill liberate women or bind them to new forms of control? This day school explores the Pill as a pivotal social, political and emotional turning-point. We examine medical authority over women’s bodies, questions of consent and side-effects, and the silences concerning risk. Through a comparative lens on Britain and the United States, we analyse how class and access shaped who benefited — and who bore the costs — of this pharmaceutical revolution.
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