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Marjorie May's 12th [Twelfth] Birthday
(Kotex puberty & menstruation booklet, Canada, 1935)
Page 1 of text

Compare the writing of the two first pages of different editions, this one and the early Australian, below.

Aren't you glad that Ms. Callender, or her editor, changed darlingest to best? And Marjorie sits next to her mother, not on her lap - flappers usually preferred men's laps. Someone improved the whole story. Read most of the older version here, where there's more discussion of the tale. See also, below, how the American 1938 edition changed.

Covers and introduction - title page - pages 2 & 3 - pages 4 & 5 - pages 6 & 7 - pages 8 & 9 - page 10
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This edition, 1935, first page of story 
1928 edition (Australia), first page of story 

 

 


Below: First page of the American 1938 edition.
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Covers and introduction - title page - pages 2 & 3 - pages 4 & 5 - pages 6 & 7 - pages 8 & 9 - page 10


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