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
Today many small companies operated by women make washable
menstrual pads, and sometimes associated gear.
Above we see a display showing such sanitary napkins and other forms
of menstrual "containment," such as five of the contemporary menstrual cups (Instead, The Keeper, DivaCup, Lunette
and Mooncup) and one old one, the Tassaway, from
the 1970s; and some ecologically and woman-friendly menstrual pads and tampons,
such as NatraCare.
Part of the purpose of the display is to give voice to these smaller
but worthwhile companies in menstruation; they are outshouted by the bigger,
better-known ones.
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