Family Planning Through the Ages

Carolyn Parkhurst’s collection of “teenage expansion packs” including birth control options for American Girl dolls are fantastic. God bless progress.

“Molly (Jefferson, IL, born 1934): Molly is a modern girl and is eager to be well-informed about ‘the birds and the bees’! Her friends have already notified her that a woman can’t get pregnant the first time she has sex, or any time that she and her beau achieve congress while standing up. For extra security, she’s filled her Hope Chest ($72) with supplies: a box of rubber condoms, and bottles of Coca-Cola and Lysol for emergency douching.”

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