More Tampax booklets: "Accent
on you . . ." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons,
U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit,
2001, in 3 languages: English. Booklet, pads &
tampons
Trousse de l'étudiante French
Estuche de Aprendizaje Spanish
Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936
Tampax "Educational Material
on Menstruation," 1966
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies
made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
See early tampons and a list
of tampons on this site - at least the ones
I've cataloged.
 
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Tampax menstrual tampons educational booklet,
"it's time you knew . . . ," 1966, U.S.A.
Whole booklet
Back and front covers
The Dutch contributor of these scans writes,
The date, I think, is 1966 (see page 3: copyright 1966), edition 1969,
because of the calendar 1969-1970 and because of the code printed on the
backside (DTB 10-1-P 769).
As I said earlier, it resembles the booklet Accent on you, see e.g.
pages 10 & 11 with the exercises; the drawings
are exactly the same.
But in some ways it is more serious, not
in the question-answer format but right to the point. See e.g. pages 14-15: menstruation and marriage.
Hilarious to read that the booklet's advice is "Don't
take advantage of your husband" or "He
married a full-time wife, not a part-time one."
On page 16 the booklet says (second line)
that Tampax appeared on the market in 1933. I hadn't read this before (but
you came already to the same conclusion at your
site!)
Tampax, the first tampon with an applicator (early 1930s; read a short history), and the first
really successful tampon, has a long history providing information about
menstruation and tampons. The company had to in order to sell the tampon
idea to skeptical customers worried about losing their virginity
(see a letter a mother wrote to her daughter's
doctor about tampons and hymens), losing the tampon in the vagina, blocking
the menstrual flow, etc. Many of these questions Tampax answered in its
Bulletins from the 1950s, in a medical
journal article, in a medical journal ad as
well as in early commercial ads.
More Tampax booklets: "Accent on you . .
." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete
booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit, 2001, in 3 languages:
English. Booklet, pads & tampons, Trousse
de l'étudiante French, Estuche
de Aprendizaje Spanish
I thank the generous Dutch contributor for these scans and several
other items on this site!
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Back cover, below
The closed booklet measures about 5" x 7 1/8" (about 12.3 x 17.9
cm).
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Front cover, below
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