New this week: You thought
you had it bad: Ads and patents for suspenders to hold menstrual pads (19th century, U.S.A.) -
The earliest multinational pads? Hartmann's
(19th century, Germany, England, U.S.A.) - Open (No-crotch) drawers (19th century, U.S.A.)
I got carried away on New this week (above
- click away!), and haven't edited the material for this page and the rest
of the MUM site
I apologize and will print your letters and other information here this
coming weekend, maybe to the exclusion of a new New this week, as my punishment.
But you won't believe the things I'm discovering - they're discoveries for
me, anyway - and telling you about!
Read the New this week, at the top of this
page!
You have privacy here
What happens when you visit this site?
Nothing.
I get no information about you from any
source when you visit, and I have no idea who you
are, before, during or after your visit.
This is private - period.
Is this the new
millennium or even century?
You can get the correct information
if you go to these pages published by the U S Naval Observatory:
"whenIs")
A comprehensive site from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich will put right any doubts:
Help Wanted: This Museum Needs a
Public Official For Its Board of Directors
Your MUM is doing the paper work necessary to become eligible to receive
support from foundations as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. To achieve
this status, it helps to have a American public official - an elected or
appointed official of the government, federal, state or local - on its board of directors.
What public official out there
will support a museum for the worldwide culture of
women's health and menstruation?
Eventually I would also like to entice people experienced in the law,
finances and fund raising to the board.
Do You Have Irregular Menses?
If so, you may have polycystic ovary syndrome
[and here's a support association for it].
Jane Newman, Clinical Research Coordinator at Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, asked
me to tell you that
Irregular menses identify women at high risk for polycystic ovary syndrome
(PCOS), which exists in 6-10% of women of
reproductive age. PCOS is a major cause of infertility
and is linked to diabetes.
Learn more about current
research on PCOS at Brigham and Women's
Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University
- or contact Jane Newman.
If you have fewer than six
periods a year, you may be eligible to participate
in the study!
New this week: You thought
you had it bad: Ads and patents for suspenders to hold menstrual pads (19th century, U.S.A.) -
The earliest multinational pads? Hartmann's
(19th century, Germany, England, U.S.A.) - Open (No-crotch) drawers (19th century, U.S.A.)
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without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations
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