Margaret Sanger once said, “Birth control is the first important step woman must take toward the goal of her freedom. It is the first step she must take to be man’s equal. It is the first step they must both take toward human emancipation” (Sanger). The year is 1959, the era of happy homemakers. Dwight D. Eisenhower is president. "Mack the Knife" is the No. 1 song. Single women aren't eligible for credit cards. Birth control is a crime in Connecticut. The following year, Elvis will enter the Army. John F. Kennedy will be elected president. In 1959 the Food and Drug Administration will approve a pill that will forever change the social and sexual landscape in the United States.
Prior to this groundbreaking establishment, birth control methods were often risky and unsanitary. Birth control is first dated back around 3000 B.C. where condoms were being made from things like fish bladders, linen, and other animal intestines. Around 1500 the first spermicides were introduced, using condoms made from linen cloth sheaths and soaked in a
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There are two big groups that different methods are characterized under known as reversible and permanent methods that are further broken down between gender. Male contraception options consist of condoms and the permanent option of a Vasectomy which is much easier to recover from than a woman’s permanent option of a Tubal Ligation or “tying the tubes” (CDC). Female contraception consists of multiple reversible options such as implants, diaphragm or cervical caps, shots, spermicides, pills, rings, patches, and condoms made specifically for women (PPFA). While there are many different types of contraception, the creation of contraception led to a social revolution throughout the United States that continues to develop. Making contraceptives worthy to be on the top of the list of the most important inventions in