The tiny pill which gave birth to an economic revolution - BBC News
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Contraception wasn’t just socially groundbreaking - it also changed the professional landscape.
Image source, Getty Images By Tim Harford BBC World Service, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy The contraceptive pill had profound social consequences. Everyone agrees with that. In fact, that was the point. Margaret Sanger, the birth control activist who urged scientists to develop it, wanted to liberate women sexually and socially, to put them on a more equal footing with men. But the pill wasn't just socially revolutionary. It also sparked an economic revolution - perhaps the most significant economic change of the late 20th Century. Image source, AP 50 Things That Made the Modern Econ
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