The man who invented the Pill
In 1951, Dr Carl Djerassi created the Pill's active ingredient from Mexican wild yams.
Witness History · BBC World Service
July 14, 20229m 59s
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Show Notes
In 1951, in a lab in Mexico City, Austrian chemist Dr Carl Djerassi created a synthetic hormone from wild yams. It would go on to become the Pill's active ingredient.
Rachel Naylor brings together archive interviews with Dr Djerassi.
PHOTO: Carl Djerassi in 1992 (BBC Copyright)