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Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill (1957–1988)
By: Ilani Higgins
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1960, the US-based pharmaceutical lab G.D. Searle and Company, or Searle, launched Enovid, one of the first oral birth control pills, following…
ContraceptionBirth ControlEugenicsClinical trialMedical Ethics
Title X Family Planning Program (1970–1977)
By: Patsy Ciardullo, Nevada Wagoner
| Published: Oct 21, 2016
The Family Planning Services and Public Research Act of 1970, often called Title X Family Planning Program, is a US federal law that provides federal…
LawFamily PlanningFamily planning--Law and legislationPopulation PolicyTitle X Family Planning Program (U.S.)
The Mother's Health Clinic of Phoenix (1937-1942)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Mother's Health Clinic opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1937 and provided women in central Arizona with contraception and family planning resources…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionArizonaDiaphragms, Vaginal
China's One-Child Policy
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: Mar 31, 2011
In September 1979, China's Fifth National People's Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the…
ContextethicsReproductionFertilityGovernment
Katharine McCormick (1876-1967)
By: Aliya Buttar
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Katharine Dexter McCormick, who contributed the majority of funding for the development of the oral contraceptive pill, was born to Josephine and…
PeopleContraceptionethicsReproductionReproductive Rights
Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 17, 2022
Ernst Gräfenberg was a physician and researcher who studied sexology, the study of human sexuality, in both Germany and the United States during the…
G spotFemale orgasmGynecologySexology--ResearchWorld War, 1914-1918
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1929–1970)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 29, 2017
Starting in 1929, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was a professional association of physicians in the UK that aimed to improve…
OrganizationWomen's health servicesGynecologyObstetricsContraception
The Fruits of Philosophy (1832), by Charles Knowlton
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy, Caroline Meek
| Published: Oct 05, 2017
In 1832, Charles Knowlton published The Fruits of Philosophy, a pamphlet advocating for controlling reproduction and detailing methods for preventing…
LiteratureBirth ControlObscenity (Law)--Great BritainPublications
Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909–1985)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control and reproductive rights in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite…
Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionDiaphragms, VaginalAbortion