His daughter had worked with him on the project and knew most of the important characters involved in the research. Pincus was the key scientist behind the pill's creation. The first thing I did was interview the daughter of Gregory Goodwin Pincus. How did you begin your research? What did your research process evolve through different stages of the book? How could such a ragtag bunch have pulled off something so monumentally important? I was hooked. I loved the notion that this important breakthrough was made by a group of rebels-radical feminists, scientists outside the academic community, and a Catholic physician who disagreed with the leaders of his church. With a little investigating, I realized the story behind the pill was just as interesting as the story of its consequences. Years after the rabbi's remark, I was looking for an idea for a book and it occurred to me that I had no idea how the birth-control pill had come into existence, and I wondered if there might be a story there. It changed something fundamental about human dynamics. It gave women opportunities to get more education and pursue better jobs. It dramatically improved the health and welfare of women around the world. The pill did so much more than speed the sexual revolution. But the more I contemplated it, the more I realized he had a fairly strong argument. Ten years ago, I heard a rabbi say that he thought the birth-control pill was the most important invention of the twentieth century. Why was this a book and a subject that you wanted to tackle and how did you become involved with it?
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