See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.
Look at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s.
Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
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)
First Tampax? & first tampon with applicator (1931-33?): box, tampon, instructions, plus newspaper ad from 1934 - Tiffany bowl celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tampax - 1936: box, tampon, patent (with a short account of the invention of Tampax by Dr. Earle Haas, and of the first Tampax president, German immigrant Gertrude Tenderich)
Teachers' guides
Menstrual educational booklets for girls & parents
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CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system [sex education for children in school]
Tambrands, Tampax menstrual tampons, 1986, U.S.A.
Facts About Menstrual Protection

Introduction.

See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.

Compare at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s.
Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
All teachers' guides
Menstrual educational booklets for girls & parents
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
I thank Tambrands, the former maker of Tampax, for generously donating this booklet!

Below: P. 19.
Read what how doctor in the 1940s promoted tampons as opposed to menstrual pads.
See the menstrual pads, tampons, cups, belts & sponges on this MUM site.

NEXT: Introduction & front & back covers foreword (forward) CONTENTS Tambrands Educational Program From Girl to Woman From Boy to Man Male Reproductive System Female Reproductive System The Menstrual Cycle Facts About Menstrual Protection Being a Woman Being an Adult Book List/Extended Activities WORKSHEETS: Facts and Fables From Boy to Man Male Reproductive System Female Reproductive System The Menstrual Cycle Facts About Menstrual Protection Being A Woman Being An Adult Worksheet ANSWERS
See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A. - Compare at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s. - Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
All teachers' guides
Menstrual educational booklets for girls & parents
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
 

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