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How the Pill Liberated My Mother . . . and Me

(May 7) -- The pill -- which 50 years ago this month was approved by the FDA -- is a symbol of so many different things: liberation from prevailing social norms, liberation from the strictures of her religion, liberation from the sexual politics of marriage. As with all forms of liberation, I suspect there was some ambivalence as well.

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12:28 on May 7 2010

How the Pill Liberated My Mother . . . and Me

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