YOUR
remedies for menstrual period pain and
problems. See more remedies here.
A discussion
of the letter testimonials, and their
authenticity, of the Pinkham company (in a
discussion of a Pursettes ad with a letter
testimonial)
See two letters to MUM about
the ingredients of
her Compound, and one about the lyrics
of an English
pop song, Lily
the Pink, about her.
Other amazing
women: Nelli Bly, Dr. Marie Stopes, Dr. Grace
Feder Thompson
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The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
maker of medicine for headaches,
constipation, menopause, insomnia,
depression, cancer, tumors, women's
diseases,
flatulence, menstruation, fertility,
douches, kidneys, etc.:
"Stretching Your
Dollar"
Complete pamphlet
Below:
Inside front cover. The
person coming into
womanhood sure
looks old but
girls did on average have
their first
periods later when
this booklet appeared,
probably the 1920s. See another
old
girl.
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Below:
P.1. See a clever play on
"both
ends meet," below.
Emerson, possibly bisexual
(see his Wikipedia entry),
was so shaken by the death
of his young first wife -
not his second, below -
that he once dug her
up to convince
himself she was dead. The
lady referred to below
called him, her husband,
Mr. Emerson; he called her
by her first name, Lydia.
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The
Schlesinger Library, of the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study, part of Harvard
University, has probably
the largest
collection of material
about the Pinkham enterprise, the
records of the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Company.
Part of the donation of
SarahAnne Hazelwood to this
museum, much of it patent medicine
and old medical equipment, was a
very interesting biography and
study of Mrs. Pinkham's business,
Female
Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and
the Business of Women's Medicine,
by Sarah Stage.
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2008 Harry Finley. It is illegal
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