Read Dr. Lillian Gilbreth's - two of her kids wrote about her in
"Cheaper by the Dozen" - critique of pads
in 1927 for Johnson & Johnson, maker of Modess. And read the influential
pad put-down "Tampons as Menstrual Guards"
from 1945. Criticism of the Rely tampon, later
associated with toxic shock syndrome, from
a tiny Rochester, New York, newspaper (1975-76). Safety
page. Tampax's defense: "Are Vaginal Tampons
Prejudicial to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952)
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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Douching with Lysol and Zonite in
Facts and Frauds in Woman's Hygiene (cover)
by Rachel Lynn Palmer and Sarah K. Greenberg, M.D., The Sun Dial Press,
New York, 1936
This is hard-hitting consumer protection that minces no words. Douching
survives today, of course - but read The Perils of Vaginal Douching, an essay by Luci Capo Rome. And if you douche, this chapter
should sent chills down your spine and make you wonder about what's in that
liquid.
Read how this book criticized 1930s pads, including Kotex.
Read Dr. Lillian Gilbreth's - two of her kids wrote about her in
"Cheaper by the Dozen" - critique of pads
in 1927 for Johnson & Johnson, maker of Modess. And read the influential
pad put-down "Tampons as Menstrual Guards"
from 1945. Criticism of the Rely tampon, later
associated with toxic shock syndrome, from
a tiny Rochester, New York, newspaper (1975-76). Safety
page. Tampax's defense: "Are Vaginal Tampons
Prejudicial to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952)
A Dutchman generously sent these scans.
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Read Dr. Lillian Gilbreth's - two of her kids wrote about her in
"Cheaper by the Dozen" - critique of pads
in 1927 for Johnson & Johnson, maker of Modess. And read the influential
pad put-down "Tampons as Menstrual Guards"
from 1945. Criticism of the Rely tampon, later
associated with toxic shock syndrome, from
a tiny Rochester, New York, newspaper (1975-76). Safety
page. Tampax's defense: "Are Vaginal Tampons
Prejudicial to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952)
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