Belt topics
See how women wore a belt (and in a Swedish
ad). See a modern belt
for a washable pad and a page from the 1946-47
Sears catalog showing a great variety - ad for Hickory
belts, 1920s? - Modess belts in Personal Digest
(1966)
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American
Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley
in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
 
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The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
The exhibit to the right (above) told simply what menstruation is. The
sanitary napkin display surprised many visitors, especially men, unaware
of the unbelievable variety of menstrual pads available.
The cup (far right) holds a tinted sculptor's material showing about
how much actual menstrual blood is lost in a typical period; it's less than
most people think. Speaking of cups, see some menstrual
cups.
Seventeen magazine hinted in a 1994 item - a Seventeen reporter attended
the museum's opening that July - that the material was the real thing; that's
not true.
The mannequin at left wears another old variety of "sanitary panties"
(more here) designed to hold a pad.
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