See a New Freedom pad and box from 1971 (The
former Tambrands, maker of Tampax, which acquired the box in 1971, donated
it, opened, to this museum in 1997.) And see an early
ad for New Freedom (1971) and an early leaflet
(date unknown) promoting it.
And read Lynn Peril's series about these
and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog)
- Lee Miller ads (first real person in amenstrual
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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Ad for New Freedom menstrual pads (November 1985, U.S.A.)
By the 1990s many companies world wide put small
pouches into their packages of pads so a woman could carry a single
one, concealing it, and use it to contain the used pad before throwing it
away.
(Here are ads for Whenever and the German
pad Camelia showing pouches, and here are pouches found near toilets to contain used pads.)
It seems unusual that the ad makes no verbal appeal
to discretion and concealment; maybe it's just understood, especially
since the woman is pulling it out of her apron, which reminds me of the
way women pulled money out of their bras in the movies. Bras must have been
safe havens, for menstrual pads, too, apparently.
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See a New Freedom pad and box from 1971 (The
former Tambrands, maker of Tampax, which acquired the box in 1971, donated
it, opened, to this museum in 1997.) And see an early
ad for New Freedom (1971) and an early leaflet
(date unknown) promoting it.
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