Archive for May 18th, 2010
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The 50th anniversary of The Pill
May 18
Hour 1
Fifty years ago this month the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the birth control pill. Much has been written about how its introduction enabled women to enter the work force, encouraged the sexual revolution and how, perhaps, it may even have undermined marriage. But our guest, historian Elaine Tyler May says the pill's greatest contribution was to mothers by allowing women to have children on their own terms. Her new book is "America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation."
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Following the manhunt behind MLK's assassin
May 18
Hour 2
Writer HAMPTON SIDES reconstructs James Earl Ray's life and the events leading up to the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his new book, "Hellhounds on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin."
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The 50th anniversary of The Pill May 18
Hour 1 Fifty years ago this month the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the birth control pill. Much has been written about how its introduction enabled women to enter the work force, encouraged the sexual revolution and how, perhaps, it may even have undermined marriage. But our guest, historian Elaine Tyler May says the pill's greatest contribution was to mothers by allowing women to have children on their own terms. Her new book is "America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation." -
Following the manhunt behind MLK's assassin May 18
Hour 2 Writer HAMPTON SIDES reconstructs James Earl Ray's life and the events leading up to the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his new book, "Hellhounds on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin."
