Possibly
the first American disposable pad: Lister's Towels
Early Midol
ads for headache, hiccups, and PMS.
See a prototype
of the first Kotex ad.
See more Kotex items: Ad
1928 (Sears and Roebuck
catalog) - Marjorie
May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls,
1928, Australian edition; there are many links
here to Kotex items) - 1920s booklet in Spanish
showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - Preparing
for
Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls) - "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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The Museum of Menstruation and Women's
Health
Early
ads for American menstrual pads,
belts, aprons, diapers
Sanitary napkins, fountain &
bulb syringes
Newspapers, U.S.A.
I thank the industrious retired
teacher and genealogist for sending
these scans and many others!
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Below:
from The Atlanta [Georgia]
Constitution, Aug. 29, 1909. Ad for
Jacob's Drug Store.
Douching was in full flower in the
early 20th century, probably in part
for contraception. See an older
American douche
syringe and read what a woman
once famous in "feminine hygiene"
wrote about douching. And see a still
older American douche set, Mon Docteur
("My Doctor" in French) with
instructions, from about 1929. and
read The Perils
of Vaginal Douching (essay by
Luci Capo Rome) and the odor page.
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NEXT early ads - See
possibly the first American
disposable pad: Lister's Towels - Early Modess ads:
newspaper, 1928, 1931,"Modess . . . .
because" ads, the French
Modess, and the German "Freedom"
(Kimberly-Clark) for teens. Early Midol ads
for headache, hiccups, and PMS. Other Modess ads:
another from 1928,
1931,"Modess . . . .
because" ads, the French
Modess,
and the German "Freedom"
(Kimberly-Clark) for teens.
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