See ads for menarche-education booklets:
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(Kotex, 1933), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey),
Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and
German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1970s)
And read Lynn Peril's series about these
and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog)
- Lee Miller ads (first real person in amenstrual
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
 
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Carefree Teens colored pantyliners, Personal Products, U.S.A., about
1990
Personal Products (U.S.A.) made the panty pads below, about 1990, violating
a tradition in the mainstream menstrual products industry: Use
White. I find it especially amazing that the side pressing against
the vulva has a colored pattern, which raises
the question of the body's absorbing the dyes.
But "alternative" products, such as contemporary
washable pads, have used colors for years, reducing the medicinal feeling
of such products and making them more friendly.
I think the company felt the teenagers would be more willing to use
such pads, kids being kids, but the product disappeared forever from the
shelves very quickly.
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