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The Dalkon Shield
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jan 10, 2018
The Dalkon Shield was an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) that women used in the early 1970s and 1980s. Produced by the A.H. Robins Company in…
TechnologyDalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive)Intrauterine contraceptivesCopper intrauterine contraceptivesContraceptives
The Woman Rebel (1914)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 16, 2018
In the early twentieth century, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger published eight issues of a feminist magazine called The Woman Rebel.…
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966Margaret Sanger Papers ProjectFeminism and scienceFeminism and mass mediaFeminism and education--United States
Menstrual Tampon
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 25, 2020
Menstrual tampons are feminine hygiene devices, usually made of absorbent cotton, that are temporarily inserted into the vagina for absorbing a woman…
TechnologyTamponsTampons--ComplicationsMenstruationMenstrual Cycle
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound (1873-1906)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 20, 2017
First marketed in the US 1875, Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound was an herbal medicine used by women to relieve menstrual discomfort and menopausal…
TechnologyReproductive HealthPatent MedicinesHerbs--Therapeutic useFertility
Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jan 22, 2018
Emma Goldman was a traveling public speaker and writer known for her anarchist political views as well as her opinions on contraception and birth…
AnarchismReproductive RightsAbortionBirth ControlHomestead Strike, Homestead, Pa., 1892