How
Modess Sanitary Napkins Began:
excerpts from"A Company That Cares: One
Hundred Year Illustrated History of Johnson
and Johnson."
Modess
"Panti-kini" (two-band holder to hold
pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Modess "Sanitary
Shield" (two-band pad holder in
crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
More panties.
What did women do about menstruation in
the past?
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Personal Digest leaflet
MS-67-16 (Personal Products, 1967, U.S.A.)
Below:
See the first
page of the 4-page
leaflet at far
right.
Each page measures about 2 3/4 x 4
1/2" (7 x 11.4 cm).
See
a 1967 Meds
tampon (same year
as this leaflet) & Modess belts.
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Below:
Reverse side.
I once thought "hospital size"
meant that they were so large
they caused people to think of a
hospital
building. Hey, I'm just a guy.
They were meant to absorb the
heavy vaginal/uterine discharge
after childbirth
or a very heavy discharge in a
regular period.
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Read Modess pads history.
What did women do about menstruation in
the past?
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