Other Modess ads:
another from 1928, 1931,"Modess . . . . because"
ads, the French
Modess, and the German "Freedom"
(Kimberly-Clark) for teens.
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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Early Modess menstrual
pad ads, 1927-28
Newspapers, U.S.A.
Modess, which Johnson & Johnson
made to compete with Kotex,
developed at least partly from the
research of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, the
famous efficiency expert and center of
the book and film Cheaper by the Dozen.
She wrote a report (here) to
Johnson & Johnson in January,
1927, that uncovered women's desires
and dislikes about menstrual pads.
J&J seems to have taken her
recommendations seriously - simple box design
is one - as you can see in these ads
and here.
Note the cross, typical of early
menstrual supplies. Both Johnson &
Johnson and Kimberly-Clark, which made
Kotex, made bandages before menstrual
pads so you can see a connection. (See
a Kotex cross.)
But
the cross exphasized the medical
connection and "bandaging a wound."
A retired teacher kindly sent the
electronic files of the ads.
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Below:
from The Davenport [Iowa] Democrat and
Leader, April 4, 1928.
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Next early ad.
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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