Episode 13 :: Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention

In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young graphic designer with a crazy idea: Why couldn't women do their own pregnancy tests at home? This is the story of how she single-handedly created a billion-dollar industry that changed our lives forever, but never got any credit -- until now.Music Credit: Rhythm and Strings by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Accessed via WFMU Free Music Archive

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