Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900
See Pad-n-all, with belt from about the 1930s-40s, U.S.A.
Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
CONTRIBUTE to Humor,
Words and expressions about
menstruation and Would
you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links: homepage
| MUM address & What does
MUM
mean? | e-mail
the museum | privacy on
this site | who runs this
museum?? |
Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets
| founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books:
menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats
| company booklets for girls
(mostly) directory | contraception
and religion | costumes |
menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for
girls | famous women in
menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ
| founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr.
Soucasaux | humor | huts | links
| masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls
and parents | miscellaneous
| museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit |
odor | olor
| pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and
parents | religion | Religión y
menstruación | your remedies
for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science
| Seguridad de productos para la
menstruación | shame
| slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory
| videos, films directory |
Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women
do about menstruation in the
past? | washable pads
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.
The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
Kahani
Her Mahine Ki...
A kit to teach visually impaired girls about
menstruation in India, page 2
Created by Sadhvi Thukral
| First page,
introduction Ms. Thukral retains all rights in
addition to prohibiting any commercial use
of her ideas; and she must be credited. Read
all her rights here. See more of her project (pdf) in addition to the photos below. This museum, MUM, does not own any of
these items. E-mail her at sadhvithukral@gmail.com I
thank Lakshmi Murthy for telling me about
Sadhvi Thukral's valuable work! See Ms.
Murthy's own exceptional contributions. |
Below: The captions explain the photos. I took these from a pdf of Ms. Thukral's booklet. |
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END | SEE Lakshmi Murthy's Indian project supported by the MacArthur Foundation.Items from
Indian sources and e-mail about
menstruation (scroll down). SEE washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual spongeKit,
some text and photos ©2012 Sadhvi
Thukral
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