{"product_id":"a-womans-right-to-know-isbn-9780262544399","title":"A Woman's Right to Know","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one side or the other of the bathroom door for a “positive” or “negative” result has become a modern ritual and rite of passage. Today, the ubiquitous home pregnancy test is implicated in personal decisions and public debates about all aspects of reproduction, from miscarriage and abortion to the “biological clock” and IVF. Yet, only three generations ago, women typically waited not minutes but months to find out whether they were pregnant. \u003ci\u003eA Woman’s Right to Know \u003c\/i\u003etells, for the first time, the story of pregnancy testing—one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on Britain from around 1900 to the present day, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn shows how demand shifted from doctors to women, and then goes further to explain the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an obscure laboratory service to an easily accessible (though fraught) tool for every woman. Lastly, the book reflects on resources the past might contain for the present and future of sexual and reproductive health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolidly researched and compellingly argued, Olszynko-Gryn demonstrates that the rise of pregnancy testing has had significant—and not always expected—impact and has led to changes in the ways in which we conceive of pregnancy itself.1 Feeling Pregnant 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Bedside and Bench 11\u003cbr\u003e3 The Business of Diagnosis 35\u003cbr\u003e4 Knowledge and Ignorance 63\u003cbr\u003e5 Imported Toads 91\u003cbr\u003e6 Family Planning 115\u003cbr\u003e7 Risky Hormones 145\u003cbr\u003e8 Direct to Consumer 169\u003cbr\u003e9 Over the Counter 201\u003cbr\u003e10 Do It Yourself 227\u003cbr\u003e11 Blue Lines 259\u003cbr\u003e12 Futures and Afterlives 281\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 291\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations 297\u003cbr\u003eNotes 299\u003cbr\u003eReferences 341\u003cbr\u003eIndex 401“Eminently readable, packed with fascinating, surprising, inspiring, and occasionally appalling stories, \u003ci\u003eA Woman’s Right to Know\u003c\/i\u003e excavates the history of pregnancy testing with verve and nuanced insight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lara Freidenfelds, author of\u003ci\u003e The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Always instructive and often amusing, \u003ci\u003eA Woman’s Right to Know \u003c\/i\u003eis a rich social and cultural history that emphasizes representations of pregnancy testing in literature, visual arts, and the media.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ilana Löwy, Senior Researcher Emerita, Center for Research on Medicine, Science, Health, Mental Health, and Society, Paris; author of \u003ci\u003eImperfect Pregnancies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This innovative book is also a brilliantly curated exhibition! With a plethora of informative illustrations, Olszynko-Gryn shows how women's market demand was as important as science in unleashing home pregnancy testing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy, University of Cambridge; co-author of \u003ci\u003eSex before the Sexual Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJesse Olszynko-Gryn is head of the Oral History and Experimental Media Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300904063205,"sku":"NP9780262544399","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262544399.jpg?v=1767720929","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-womans-right-to-know-isbn-9780262544399","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}