Birth Control in the Twenties

Fifty years ago there wasn'a single family planning clinic in this country. Birth Control was described as ' two dirty words.' Then Dr. Marie Stopes wrote Married Love and Wise Parenthood, and sparked off a social revolution. The advocates of birth control who founded and staffed the first clinics fought a fierce battle against the ignorance and prejudice of the times. In tonight's film some of these pioneers recall that fight to help free women from the fear of unwanted pregnancies.