Read the main Hartmann page
and see similar early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana.
 
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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Early disposable menstrual napkin: Southall's
Ads from the United Kingdom, 1888 - 1913 (American
Southall's ads follow on the next pages from a different contributor)
Assuming the date 1888 is correct, this is maybe the first disposable
pad, earlier than Hartmann. But information keeps appearing so the final
story has not yet been written.
The company early used an apostrophe in two different
positions - see below - but today uses none.
Read the main Hartmann page and see similar
early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana.
I thank the Web site sensationpress.com, a good source of Victorian pulp fiction and other Victoriana,
for allowing me to use their scans of these British ads!
I thank Ben for the scans of the American ads!
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All images and information come from, with permission,
the Web site sensationpress.com
Below: from a paperback novel published
by the Hansom Cab Company, about 1888. The donor photographed the ad at
an angle, thus the distortion, which I corrected somewhat.
In the ads below there's a constant comparison to the cost of washing -
meaning washable pads.
When other information is lacking that indicates the pad is disposable.
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Below: from a weekly magazine, 1894
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Below: from a paperback novel published
by the Amalgamated Press, about 1902
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Below: From a Newnes sixpenny paperback
novel, about 1905
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Below: From a magazine published
in 1913
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