See covers of Growing Up and Liking It booklets - ads for teenagers Read most of a 1928 Australian edition of the Kotex booklet Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday, and read three mid-1930s booklets by Kotex, including a much-changed version of Marjorie May's twelfth Birthday. Read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! And see covers of the booklets How shall I tell my daughter?, Growing up and liking it, and Personal Digest Read the whole menarche booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). o.b. ads Dutch (1959) - German (1970s) - German nude (1970s) - French (1989) Read a Personal Products booklet for older girls from about this time, The Periodic Cycle (1938). See similar booklets on this site. Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation? See also How shall I tell my daughter? and Personal Digest and read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). See a Kotex ad advertising a Marjorie May booklet. See many more similar booklets. See ads for menarche-education booklets: Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1932), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey), Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1981) See also the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? (Modess, various dates), and Growing up and liking it (Modess, various dates) And read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! Read the full text of the 1935 Canadian edition of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday, probably identical to the American edition. Is this the first Tampax tampon? Go to Early Commercial Tampons Other early commercial tampons - Main Tampax patent - Ad from 1936 - World War II Tampax sign More ads for teens (see also introductory page for teenage advertising): Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and Quest napkin powder, 1948, U.S.A.), Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and belts, 1949, U.S.A.)Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins, 1953, U.S.A.), Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and belts, 1964, U.S.A.), Freedom (1990, Germany), Kotex (1992, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Saba (1975, Denmark) See early tampons and a list of tampon on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged. CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | 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. "Die Menstruation," excerpts from the o.b. tampon, menstruation & puberty booklet for girls, 1977, Germany The text and photos don't hold back in explaining anatomy. The critical phrase for the tampon manufacturer is "Young girls can use tampons because the hymen is not a stiff ring but a soft stretchable fold of membrane at the entrance to the vagina." A Dutchman kindly sent these scans. Next: 1 2 3 5 6 - Read the whole menarche booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). © 2006 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org