On October 29, 1959, the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to license their drug Enovid for use as an oral contraceptive.

Feminists and social conservatives quickly clashed over morality of the "sexual revolution," and the Pill was drawn into the debate. The Pill as Scapegoat As female sexuality and premarital sex ...