See ads for menarche-education booklets:
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(Kotex, 1933), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey),
Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and
German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1970s)
And read Lynn Peril's series about these
and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog)
- Lee Miller ads (first real person in amenstrual
hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here
to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s,
booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing
disposal method - box
from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?"
ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page
 
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Underpants for menstruation (hygienisches
Beinkleid)
designed by gynecologist J. Großmann (German, 1888)
This suggestion for "sanitary underpants" by a German gynecologist
shows how open, or crotchless, underpants, common at this time in America
and elsewhere, could accommodate a menstrual pad. The design uses hooks on the outside of the underpants onto which rings on the pad holder attach.
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From left to right: Underpants, pad
holder, washable (reusable) cotton pad. Note the rings
on the ends of the pad holder, which attach to hooks on the outside of the
underpants.
(The drawings are from "Zur Geschichte
der Unterwäsche," 1980s?, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the
catalog of an exhibit of the history of underwear at the museum of the city
of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Imagine a city, state or federal museum in
American holding such an exhibit. I can't. People would be predicting the
end of American civilization - Wait! A woman
already predicted that when I opened this museum, in 1994!)
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