1959: Mosaic of Youth
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Two teenage girls share their views on marriage as the 1960s dawn.
One feels that marriage isn't for her, while another looks forward to a traditional wedding when she is about 25, having accomplished everything that she wants to do. Neither objects to sex before marriage.
The contraceptive pill was introduced in Britain in 1961 after a series of trials by the Family Planning Association (FPA), an organisation that approved and provided contraception. Initially, it was promoted as a form of birth control within marriage and made available through the NHS to married women only. This process was overseen by the Conservative government's Minister of Health, Enoch Powell.
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