See many more such booklets at Company Booklets. Read most of a 1928 Australian edition of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday. Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (1935) - Facts About Menstruation that every Woman should know (1936) - Marjorie May, introductory page, 1935 main page Read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! And see the covers of the booklets How shall I tell my daughter?, Growing up and liking it, and Personal Digest; read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). Marjorie May, three booklets, 1935 main page Read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! And see the covers of the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? and Personal Digest; read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). See a Kotex ad advertising this booklet. See Kotex items: First ad (1921; scroll to bottom of page) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads (first real person in a menstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing disposal method - box from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | 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. Three puberty & menstruation booklets from Kotex, 1968, comprising The Life Cycle Library: Volume 1: The Miracle of You Volume II: Your Years of Self-Discovery Volume II: You and Your Daughter Covers The donor, and original owner, who lives in the Midwest, wrote the following: This will be the first (and, most likely, last) time anything of mine has ever been displayed in a museum. Best of luck in your endeavors! By the way, I think it's wonderful that you are an enlightened male who is comfortable with the topic of menstruation. I don't think I know any men who aren't just a little bit squeamish about "the curse." As for the calendar - yes, that would represent my first periods. Looking at those books now makes me appreciate my precocious reading skills more than ever. My mother offered very little in the way of a verbal explanation of menstruation and opted to give me the books to read instead of having "a talk." I was two months shy of my tenth birthday when my first period arrived. Seemingly, the written word had explained it well enough because I don't recall ever having that "talk" with her. I had no sisters and my friends were less enlightened on the subject than me. Now, nearly 30 years later, I can barely recall a time in my life when I didn't have to contend with the monthly monsoon. I am told early bloomers often finish later - that suggests I may still have another couple of decades to have that "talk" with mom! Perhaps one day when you have your public facility, I will get to see them on display. :-) More pages: See the last facing pages in You and Your Daughter, showing Kotex products - The donor's menstrual calendar in The Miracle of You - Attitudes towards homosexuality and masturbation in Your Years of Self-Discovery and "In Summary" in You and Your Daughter See the last facing pages in You and Your Daughter, showing Kotex products - T he donor's menstrual calendar in The Miracle of You - Attitudes towards homosexuality and masturbation in Your Years of Self-Discovery and "In Summary" in You and Your Daughter © 2002 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org