Lakshmi Murthy: Instruction wheel for menstruation, India, at the Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900

See Pad-n-all, with belt from about the 1930s-40s, U.S.A.

Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge

See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).

DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)

CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Lakshmi Murthy: Teaching girls about puberty & menstruation
and how to make washable menstrual pads, in rural India
The instruction wheel

You're looking at the wheel Ms. Murthy sent to this museum, which is 9" (22.9 cm) in
diameter. By turning the topmost of two wheels, facing us, the various stages of the
cycle, as demonstrated by the uterus (left), appear with an explanation in the central window.

Turning the wheel brings another stage (menstruation) into the uterus window, above.

"The chakka, or wheel, demonstrating the cycle," writes Ms. Murthy. The script is Hindi, the language of the region. (Photo courtesy of Lakshmi Murthy)

This enlargement of the photo above shows the Hindi script. The first word, at right
top, is the same as the first one on the instructions for making washable pads in
the neighboring state Uttar Pradesh, where Hindi is also the language, and probably
means menstruation.

Next: How to make the pads (1)

First page of project, using the doll, the real pad, the instruction wheel, pad-making
instructions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |,
explanation of project

Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge

Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900

©2002 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900

See Pad-n-all, with belt from about the 1930s-40s, U.S.A.

Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge

See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).

DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)

Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Lakshmi Murthy: Teaching girls about puberty & menstruation and how to make washable menstrual pads, in rural India The instruction wheel

You're looking at the wheel Ms. Murthy sent to this museum, which is 9" (22.9 cm) in diameter. By turning the topmost of two wheels, facing us, the various stages of the cycle, as demonstrated by the uterus (left), appear with an explanation in the central window.

Turning the wheel brings another stage (menstruation) into the uterus window, above.

"The chakka, or wheel, demonstrating the cycle," writes Ms. Murthy. The script is Hindi, the language of the region. (Photo courtesy of Lakshmi Murthy)

This enlargement of the photo above shows the Hindi script. The first word, at right top, is the same as the first one on the instructions for making washable pads in the neighboring state Uttar Pradesh, where Hindi is also the language, and probably means menstruation.

Next: How to make the pads (1) First page of project, using the doll, the real pad, the instruction wheel, pad-making instructions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |, explanation of project

Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge

Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900

©2002 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

Lakshmi Murthy: Teaching girls about puberty & menstruation
and how to make washable menstrual pads, in rural India
The instruction wheel

You're looking at the wheel Ms. Murthy sent to this museum, which is 9" (22.9 cm) in
diameter. By turning the topmost of two wheels, facing us, the various stages of the
cycle, as demonstrated by the uterus (left), appear with an explanation in the central window.

This enlargement of the photo above shows the Hindi script. The first word, at right
top, is the same as the first one on the instructions for making washable pads in
the neighboring state Uttar Pradesh, where Hindi is also the language, and probably
means menstruation.

Next: How to make the pads (1)

First page of project, using the doll, the real pad, the instruction wheel, pad-making
instructions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |,
explanation of project