The truth about the pill

Let's all take a moment to thank Margaret Sanger and all those who advocated for women's reproductive rights. In this episode of Thick & Thin, we travel back to the 1900s' to learn the history of a popular birth control method, otherwise known as — the pill.   // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // Sources: https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control/history-of-birth-control#modern-methods https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/chastity-belt.htm https://www.allure.com/story/history-of-birth-control https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/05/16/contraception-evolving-the-options/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-katharine-dexter-mccormick-1875-1967/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/margaret-sanger https://www.pandiahealth.com/resources/birth-control-throughout-history/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/history-oral-contraception/2000-06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The spoken diary of Katy Bellotte, a self-employed graphic designer living in New York. Each Thursday, Katy blends her personal experiences with stories from history, offering advice, laughs & some major epiphanies. She chats about living in full color, through the thick & the thin (with a dirty martini in hand). For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com   We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4  Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy