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The first home pregnancy test

A female designer working for a pharmaceutical company came up with the idea in the 1960s - but her bosses didn't like it at first.

A female designer working for an American pharmaceutical company came up with the idea in the 1960s, but her bosses didn't like it at first. Margaret Crane has been telling Maria Elena Navas how she had to develop her designs on her own after being told that women couldn't be trusted to use a home testing kit properly.

Photo: Margaret Crane's first home testing kit. Credit: National Museum of American History.

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Mon 25 Mar 2019 13:50GMT
大象传媒 World Service News Internet

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