See a roughly contemporary pad, Society,
and a "silent purchase" ad for Modess,
1928.
Other Modess ads: 1931,"Modess . . . . because" ads, the French
Modess, and the German "Freedom" (Kimberly-Clark)
for teens.
See a prototype of the first Kotex
ad.
 
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The perfect menstrual pad 2a (1 2 2a 3
4 4a 5):
A post-report Modess menstrual pad showing some of
Dr. Gilbreth's recommendations
"Report of Gilbreth, Inc.," to
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1 January 1927, about how to improve
the company's menstrual products, especially with regard to competition
with Kotex pads
I don't know when this pad appeared - there are no dates, copyrights
or trademark dates on the box or written contents - but it it looks like
the 1930s to me and bears some of Dr. Gilbreth's recommendations - but not
all of them. (See some Modess ads from 1927-28
that might reflect Dr. Gilbreth's ideas.)
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The short (front) tab of the pad, showing the rounded filler (top) and
the gauze tab and covering
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The gauze covering opens easily on the non-body side of the
pad. The pad is uniformly thick, about 0.75" (ca. 1.9 cm).
Dr. Gilbreth in her report to Johnson & Johnson
recommended that it be thicker in the center.
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The copy of the report that I read, which might be unique, rests
in the special collections of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,
U.S.A. Dr. Gilbreth was the first woman engineering professor at Purdue.
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