Did you know the modern IUD contraceptive device has a 19th-century precursor? Or that rubber condoms were first produced in the 1850s? Come learn about the interesting, weird, fascinating, and sometimes unsettling history of objects and medicines used in the field of gynecology at the Ralph W. Hale Museum at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists headquarters in downtown DC.
During this private tour just for DCSWA members, you can view the museum's collection of more than 4,000 artifacts that tell the tale of women's medical care over the past 200 years. Learn about past pills and potions meant to help women with "the change of life" and see early generations of forceps and specula, birth control devices, vibrators and more.
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