Different versions of "accent on you"
(varied punctuation):
1970s-1980s?, 1980
"From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about
puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system" (complete 1966, 1986, Tambrands, U.S.A. The 1966 version is part of the
huge "Educational Material on Menstruation furnished
by the makers of Tampax," 1966)
Tell it like it is: Straight talk about tampons
(complete booklet, 1968, Kotex stick tampons,
U.S.A., revised 1974; complete booklet, 1981,
although the title lacks the subtitle "Straight talk about tampons").
I wonder if "straight" alludes to
the shape of tampons.
Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit (for menstruation),
2001, in 3 languages
Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936
Tampax "Educational Material on Menstruation,"
1966
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
See early tampons and a list of tampons on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
 
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Tampax menstrual tampons educational booklet,
"accent on you"
1983, U.S.A. (puberty, menstrual cycle)
Whole booklet
Back and front covers
Right off, Tampax boldly uses the almost forbidden color menstrual red - but just a bit for the cover, more would have
injured the psyches of the uninitiated. That got mostly the famous menstruation
BLUE (old Kotex box),
as in blue liquids and THE BLUES.
Tampax, the first tampon with an applicator (early 1930s; read a short history), and the first
really successful tampon, has a long history providing information about
menstruation and tampons. The company had to in order to sell the tampon
idea to skeptical customers worried about losing their virginity
(see a letter a mother wrote to her daughter's
doctor about tampons and hymens), losing the tampon in the vagina, blocking
the menstrual flow, etc. Many of these questions Tampax answered in its
Bulletins from the 1950s, in a medical
journal article, in a medical journal ad as
well as in early commercial ads.
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Back cover, below
The closed booklet measures 5" x 7" (about 12.7 x 17.8 cm).
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Front cover, below
Olympian gymnast Mary Lou Retton made an
appeal for Tampax.
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