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

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Marjorie May Learns About Life
(Kotex puberty & menstruation booklet, 1936)
Title page

Covers and introduction - page 1 of text - pages 2-3 - pages 4-5 - pages 6-7 - pages 8-9 - page 10

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Marjorie May and her mother starred for Kotex sanitary napkins in many booklets in
English-speaking countries. In the course of learning the facts of life, mainly menstruation,
Ms. May participates in the Kotex sales program for pads and menstrual belts.
The language would not lighten up until the 1940s - in "As One Girl to Another."

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Covers and introduction - page 1 of text - pages 2-3 - pages 4-5 - pages 6-7 - pages 8-9 - page 10

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