Marjorie May, three booklets, 1935
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See a Kotex ad advertising this
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As One Girl to Another (puberty
& menstruation booklet from
Kotex sanitary napkins, 1940, U.S.A.)
See the first page for a general discussion
of the booklet.
See an ad offering this free booklet! And see a tin of Quest powder (and an ad for it).
Kotex, on page 10, recommended sprinkling the powder on pads to stop the
odor. (Read what causes the odor of menstruation.) The booklet mentions Fibs tampon, the Kotex tampon, developed in the 1930s, on page 16.
Fibs had no applicator, unlike its main competitor, the two-tube Tampax
(read and see the first Tampax?).
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Go to cover, introduction
("as one girl to another"), page 1 ("lollipops
to lipsticks"), 2 ("You're YOURSELF!")
and 3 (definition), 4
and 5 (cramps), 6 (use
a calendar) and 7, 8 ("you
need never feel the least embarrassed.") and 9
("never give your secret away"), 10 (cleanliness)
and 11, 12 and 13 ("boys
know all about menstruation." [!]), 14-15
(do's and don't's chart), 16 (tampons) and 17, 18 (how to attach a
menstrual pad to a belt) and inside back cover
(Kotex calendar 1940-41), back cover
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