For a later, American celebration that was a tad more graphic (I
think, anyway) see Tamara Wyndham's celebration.
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
Camelia ads:
1920s (Germany), 1930s
(Germany), 1940/42 (Germany, with underpants made
from sugar sacks, 1945/46), 1952 (Australia),
1970s (France), 1990
(Germany) - Underpants directory
See a Kotex ad advertising a Marjorie May
booklet.
See many more similar booklets.
See ads for menarche-education booklets:
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1932),
Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey), Personal
Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and German o.b.
tampons (lower ad, 1981)
And read Lynn Peril's series about these
and similar booklets!
Read the full text of the 1935 Canadian edition
of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday, probably identical to the American edition.
More ads for teens (see also introductory
page for teenage advertising): Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and Quest napkin powder, 1948, U.S.A.),
Are you in the know? (Kotex
napkins and belts, 1949, U.S.A.)Are you in
the know? (Kotex napkins, 1953, U.S.A.),
Are you in the know? (Kotex
napkins and belts, 1964, U.S.A.), Freedom
(1990, Germany), Kotex (1992, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Saba (1975, Denmark)
See early tampons and a list of tampon on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
 
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"Ein Fest für unsere Töchter," ("A Festival
for Our Daughters,"), one-page announcement for a celebration of menstruation,
Frankfurt, Germany, 1988
In America I believe public celebrations of menstruation and especially
of menarche started in the 1960s and 1970s with the rise of feminism. I
suspect Europe has an earlier history of this, not having been bound by
a society that usually suppressed sexuality.
This announcement seems suspiciously commercial, almost an ad for a
dance teacher. But read it for yourself.
For a later, American celebration that was a tad more graphic (I think,
anyway) see Tamara Wyndham's celebration.
This comes from the catalog "Menstruation: Monatshygiene im Wandel
von 1900 bis heute," Text und Katalog: Sabine Zinn-Thomas und Walter
Stolle. Eine Ausstellung des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt in der Außenstelle
Lorsch, 26.11.1998 bis 31.7.1999. My translation: "Menstruation: Changing
menstrual hygiene [in Germany, mostly] from 1900 to today [1998]."
Text and catalog: Sabine Zinn-Thomas and Walter Stolle. An exhibition of
the Hessian State Museum, Darmstadt, in the branch at Lorsch, from November
26, 1998 to July 31, 1999.
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My translation lies under the Flugblatt - handbill, a sheet of paper.
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My translation:
A Festival for Our Daughters
Women celebrate their menstruation
Suggestions and exchange of experiences in connection
with meditative-folk dancing
A weekend seminar in spring, 1988, in Frankfurt
for mothers of 10 - 15 year old girls
with the movement teacher DAGMAR VON GARNIER
In order to participate you must be experienced with
simple, "gebundenem" circle dancing in order to enter best prepared
into the movement experience that leads to the theme Daughter - Menstruation
- Possibilities of Celebration ["versärkt" seems to be a
typo for "verstärkt"]
The longer and harder interested women "tune in"
during this weekend the richer the exchange for everyone will be.
Until then get the tips for preparation and available
dance appointment times as well as exact information about this special
weekend in spring, 1988, from Dagmar von Garnier, 6000 Frankfurt 70, 33
Schneckenhof Street, (please enclose 1 German Mark, not an envelope)
It's planned to put the collected experiences in written
form for women who weren't able at attend. Interested women please put 1
German Mark with their request and write Text for "A Festival for Our
Daughters." As soon as it's ready (after summer 1988) you'll be notified
when it'll be ready and for how much.
Please give this notice to as many women with young
daughters as possible.
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For a later, American celebration that was a tad more graphic (I
think, anyway) see Tamara Wyndham's celebration.
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