American Experience - The Pill (2003)

Synopsis: Out of all of the products U.S. Food and Drug Administration have approved, only one has had a large enough impact to be known simply as "the Pill." This edition of PBS' AMERICAN EXPERIENCE program... Out of all of the products U.S. Food and Drug Administration have approved, only one has had a large enough impact to be known simply as "the Pill." This edition of PBS' AMERICAN EXPERIENCE program charts the development of the birth control pill and its controversial appearance on the market in May of 1960. The documentary focuses on two elderly activists, Katharine McCormick and Margaret Sanger, who were instrumental in making the contraceptive pill available to American women. [More]

Starring: Linda Gordon

Starring: Linda Gordon