"Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?"
(Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952) - French & American box, tampons & instructions
of 1938 compared - Tampax brochure, Germany,
probably early 1950s - "No belts. no pins . .
. ." ad, 1956(?)
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
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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"How Times Have Changed: A Manual of Menstruation, Its Purpose,
Function and Care," Tampax Inc., 1950s, U.S.A.
The Tampax company, which started selling Tampax in the early-to-mid
1930s (see its history), compiled some summations
of its studies about tampons and some history of menstruation and created
this booklet, probably in the 1950s.
See the bulletins Tampax published about
the same time to address many questions the public had. See "Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?"
(proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952). All tampon topics.
A Dutchman - the faithful contributor of many items recently - kindly
sent these scans.
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Below: The cover.
Note the cross, which makes a medical connection as it does on the early Tampax & Modess boxes.
In a sense it's related to the bandages made by early menstrual products
companies (they both absorbed blood) like Johnson & Johnson (Modess)
and Kimberly Clark (Kotex). The contributor gave no dimensions for the booklet
but I suspect it's 8.5 x 11" (about 21.6 x 27.8 cm).
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