See more underpants on this site.
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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Monatshöschen (Sanitary panties, underpants with holders for a
menstrual pad, 1980s, Germany)
European cultures, such as Germany and America, seem to have sold tight-fitting
underpants to hold a menstrual pad in place for much of the 20th century.
The Sears, Roebuck catalog sold one as early
as 1922 for night wear (and see many from the 1946-47
catalog, together with pad belts). But so have the Japanese.
See more underpants on this site.
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Below: The 1980s panties compared with
the 1960s style, at right.
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Below: A slightly different way of holding
the pad but basically the same as the more modern one. More here.
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Below: The crotch has an extra lining ("Folieneinlage")
but the material is not identified unlike the 1960s panty. It also seems
to be cotton. The two tabs at either end might be to fasten the ends of
a tabbed napkin.
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