The Pill has changed women's lives positively, but it has also caused a lot of controversy

Anne Summers' motley history with birth control was much like many other women's prior to the Pill. "There was no birth control as such for we teenagers," the Aussie trailblazer and author tells The Weekly.

"It was withdrawal and hope for the best, with many days or even weeks of crippling anxiety while we waited for our periods to arrive. If they did not arrive, the desperation of a girl in that situation is unimaginable today. The shame was scarifying, and there were only three options:

1. A shotgun marriage (I had several friends whose lives changed forever that way).