| Advertising, nonmenstrual |
Ice Fresh breath freshener (United Kingdom,
June 1987, Company magazine)
Lucky Strike cigarettes (U.S.A.,
1933, magazine unknown)
Old Dutch Cleanser (U.S.A., 1933,
magazine unknown) |
| Comic strips |
"Sylvia" (by Nicole Hollander),
about this museum (5 August 1995)
"Frauen gemeinsam," (Common to
women), about menstrual sychronization, Germany, Brigitte magazine, 1992
"Single," the Netherlands, 31 October
2005,
by Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit |
| Contraception |
A short history of contraception and religion
- Egyptian
hieroglyphics from about 1550 B.C.E. describing a tampon used for contraception -
Australian douche ads
(about 1900)in the "Wife's
Guide and Friend":
The Australian government prosecuted this publication for being obscene
because it advertised contraceptives and contained birth control information
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Fresca douche powder (early 20th century, U.S.A.);
the label contains language possibly hinting at contraceptive use -
Selections from the first American edition of Married
Love (first published 1918), Dr. Marie Stopes'
book that was long banned in America. Dr. Stopes founded the first birth-control
clinic in the British Empire, in 1921, and it's still running |
| Disposal bags for menstrual pads |
Bags from around the world |
| Exhibits about menstruation |
"Appears Monthly" ("Verschijnt
maandeliks"), newspaper article about & one-page announcement
of Dutch exhibit, 1982, with English translations
Museum of Menstruation in Harry
Finley's house (that's me), 1994-1998, in a suburb of Washington, D.C. Photos,
etc.
Norwegian exhibit about menstruation
& the company history of the Scandinavian tampon and menstrual pad company
SCA Mølnlycke, 1994 |
| Festival, menstruation, 1988, Germany |
One-sheet announcement in German with English translation. Possibly a
commercial undertaking (for a dance teacher) |
| Food |
PMS Crunch snack |
| Hysteria |
Lydia Pinkham's Private Text-Book Upon Ailments Peculiar to Women |
| Magazines, nonmenstrual topics |
Love Mirror cover (U.S.A.,1932)
The American Girl (the Girl Scout magazine)
joke page (June 1936) showing ethnic
jokes about Swedes, Irishmen and blacks |
| Masturbation, male and female |
Results of and warning about: The Science
of a New Life, by John Cowan, M. D., 1875 (U.S.A) - Plain
Facts for Old and Young: Embracing
the Natural History and Hygiene of Organic Life, by J. H. Kellogg,
M. D., 1892 (U.S.A.) - Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Spermatorrhea"
section of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
(63rd edition, 1895, U.S.A.) - also in The Sexual System
and Its Derangements, by Dr. E. C. Abbey, 1882 (U.S.A.) - Sexology,
by Prof. William H. Walling, A.M., M.D. (1912, Puritan Publishing Company,
Philadelphia) - Gynecology, by Howard A. Kelly,
1928 (U.S.A.) - Rachel Maines wrote a book about doctors'
masturbating their patients, male and female, as a treatment, in the late
19th and early 20th centuries, and the long history of midwives masturbating
their patients, etc.: The Technology of Orgasm:
"Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
(Johns Hopkins Press, 1999, U.S.A.) |
| Menarche (first menstruation) |
Changes age in different cultures |
| Menotoxin the alleged poison associated with menstruation |
A short history
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| Mikvah ritual bath after menstruation for Orthodox Jews |
18th century engraving
1260, Friedberg, Germany, plan (1902) |
| Menstrual wave |
An apt 19th and early 20th description of the
effect of hormones on a woman's body during the menstrual cycle. |
| Myths |
from "Magic and Medicine in Menstruation,"
1934, booklet from Schering Corp. |
| Newspapers |
Rochester (New York, U.S.A.) Patriot,
articles from 1975-76 aggressively investigating the
just-introduced Rely tampon, which was later (1979-80) associated
with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) |
Rectal dilators
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Dr. Young's Improved Rectal Dilators for the
Auxiliary Treatment of Piles and Constipation
(U.S.A., 1900?-1940?) |
| Sex manuals |
Married Love, by Dr. Marie Stopes (1931,
first American edition, Putnam's Sons, New York)
Sex Facts for Women, by Richard
J. Lambert, Ph.G. [sic?], M.D. (1936, Padell Book Company, New York, New
York) |
Slapping a daughter when she first menstruates, in Jewish tradition
(La Tradición [Judía] de Abofetear a Nuestras Hijas) |
The Tradition of Slapping Our Daughters, by
Caren Appel-Slingbaum (Leer la versión en
español traducido por María
García)
Questionnaire for you about slapping,
by Lana Thompson |
| The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research conference
(1997) |
See some stars of menstruation!! |
| Suspenders to hold pads (here are belts) |
19th century U.S.A.: three patents and ad for
Mrs. Smith's Universal Bandage Suspender |
| Tampon case carrier |
Vinnie's (1999, U.S.A.)
Pursettes (1960s? U.S.A.) |
| Wax teaching corpse of woman |
probably 18th century Italian (not in this museum) |
| What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
In 19th century Europe and America (and maybe
before) |