See belts and pads on mannequins at MUM, actual belts in this museum, Hickory-brand belts, sanitary panties offered by Modess in the 1960s, and Underwear in the Directory. Also, other Personal Digest booklets, How shall I tell my daughter? booklets, Growing Up and Liking It booklets, and Lynn Peril's article about menarche and similar booklets. Read most of a 1928 Australian edition of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday. Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (1935) - Facts About Menstruation that every Woman should know (1936) - Marjorie May, introductory page, 1935 main page Read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! And see the covers of the booklets How shall I tell my daughter?, Growing up and liking it, and Personal Digest; read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). Marjorie May, three booklets, 1935 main page Read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! And see the covers of the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? and Personal Digest; read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). See a Kotex ad advertising this booklet. See Kotex items: First ad (1921; scroll to bottom of page) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads (first real person in a menstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing disposal method - box from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Personal Digest Leaflet (Personal Products, 1966, U.S.A.) Below is half of a Personal Digest booklet from 1966, published by Personal Products, the part showing sanitary napkin belts offered by Modess. The sanitary belt and panty industry in the United States almost disappeared in the early 1970s because of the introduction of adhesive menstrual pads, which stick to the crotch of panties with an adhesive strip. Millions of women breathed a sigh of relief. But Kotex reintroduced a disposable panty recently (1998), I'm sure in response to a real need. Menstruation is unexpected and messy. Men are lucky in many ways. Pads attached to belts twisted easily (that's called "roping") and moved out of place. The pads chaffed women's legs and vulvas (see the Dickinson Report from 1945). Pads in that earlier era were thick and long (up to 20", almost 51 cm). The original Kotex pad from 1921 was 22" long (almost 56 cm.)! Companies and catalogs sold scores of kinds of belts from at least the last century to the present day. The Sears, Roebuck catalog even once offered a fancy trousseau sanitary napkin belt, I assume to be given to a woman about to marry! Here are some belts the museum owns. See belts and pads on mannequins at MUM, actual belts in this museum, Hickory-brand belts, sanitary panties offered by Modess in the 1960s, and Underwear in the Directory. © 1998 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org