As One Girl to Another (complete booklet, 1940, Kotex, U.S.A.)
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (almost complete booklet, 1928, Kotex, Australia)(complete booklet, 1935, Canada)(cover, mid-1930s, U.S.A.)(complete booklet, 1938, U.S.A) Photo of Mary Pauline Collender, author of the Marjorie May stories
now you are 10 (complete booklet, 1958, Kotex, U.S.A.)
MANY MORE booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos
All TAMPONS &
all PADS on this site
What did women do about menstruation in the past?
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
LIST OF ALL TOPICS |
MUM address & What does MUM mean? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
Founder/director biography |
Gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux |
Humor |
Huts |
Links |
Masturbation |
Media coverage of MUM |
Menarche booklets for girls and parents |
Miscellaneous |
Museum future |
Norwegian menstruation exhibit |
Odor |
Olor |
Pad, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
Underpants & panties directory |
Videos, films directory |
Words and expressions about menstruation |
Would you stop menstruating if you could? |
What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
Washable pads |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.


Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

Becoming Aware Educational Kit
Puberty kit for girls & their mothers (Kotex, 1992?, U.S.A.)
Box contains booklets for mothers & their daughters, and sample menstrual pads & tampons
Explains menstruation, adolescence, tampons, girls' growth, menstrual pads
Sarah's Story

Introduction to this kit.
Parent's Guide
Sample pads & tampon
Below: Back & front covers, Each page measures 4 1/2 x 8 1/4" ( 11.4 x 21 cm).
On the back cover, below, the copyright date is 1990.
Many of the pages differ in size as shown. This is my fault, the scanner's,
not Kotex's. In the booklet the pages match up perfectly.
Below: Title page (not numbered). The left facing page (inside front cover) is blank.
NEXT | covers & title page | table of contents & introduction |
Chap. 1: Roxy Gets Hers, While Mine Truly Waits Forever | Chap. 2: It's Normal Not To Be Normal? |
Chap. 3: I Find Out How Much Roxy Knows - And How Much She Doesn't | Chap. 4: Mom Finds Out | Chap. 5: Roxy And Bobbi Make A Bet |
Chap. 6: We Shut Bobbi's Big Mouth | Chap. 7: How, What, Where, Why And When? | Chap. 8: Puberty Loves Company |
Chap. 9: What's The Big Deal, Anyway? | Some Recommended Further Reading For Mothers And Daughters | The Menstrual Cycle
with body diagrams | Kotex products & period calendar | Glossary | | Introduction to this kit. 1st booklet: PARENT'S GUIDE -
PADS & TAMPON in the kit ||
As One Girl to Another (complete booklet, 1940, Kotex, U.S.A.) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (almost complete booklet,
1928, Kotex, Australia)(complete booklet, 1935, Canada)(cover, mid-1930s, U.S.A.)(complete booklet, 1938, U.S.A)
MANY MORE booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine -
a list of books and articles about menstruation

Copyright 2009 Harry Finley