The Birth of the Pill Quotes

“Greatness is a spiritual condition, worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration.”
― Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Pioneers Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

“Doctors would only prescribe birth control in the most dire of circumstances, and even then, what form of birth control would they prescribe? There were no reliable options, except perhaps the condom. But condoms depended on the cooperation of men, and Sanger’s experience in the tenements of New York City told her that men didn’t mind six or seven children so long as they were able to enjoy sex when the mood struck them. Women were the ones dealing most with the consequences of sex, not only because they were the ones getting pregnant but also because they were the ones raising the children.”
― Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

“This is when the pill became widely known as The Pill, perhaps the only product in American history so powerful that it needed no name. Women went to their doctors and said they wanted it. They wanted The Pill. Some of them might still have been uncomfortable talking about birth control. Others might have been unsure of its brand name. But The Pill was The Pill because it was the only one that mattered, the one everyone was talking about, the one they needed.”
― Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

“go on to the end—hoping, praying, serving, loving—realizing that only the strong are free.”
― Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Pioneers Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

“equanimity”
― Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution