The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

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Other dispensers: Kotex (1920s-1930s) (1960s?) - Modess (1960s?) - Modess Because - Neps - Pure Nap

The Nerve!!
Flyer for Kotex Dispenser Offer - Sent to Tampax!!

Kotex, maker of menstrual pads and tampons, had the cheek to send this "flyer" offering a free dispenser for its pads to Tampax in 1968;
Tampax should have smacked their face! It was as if a Catholic nun were to tack a schedule for mass to the bulletin board of a Baptist church!

Tambrands, the successor to Tampax, donated this flyer to MUM. It's duly dated and has file notations by a Tampax hand.
(Tambrands donated it to this museum, finally getting rid of it! There - that's that!) Below is the address side of the four-page item - proof positive!

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homepage | 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 directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor (olor)| pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | religion | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum | underpants 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

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