See the actual Pursette tampon, box and tote - see more ads for Pursettes: Seventeen, July 1972 letter testimonial) - 'Teen magazine, October 1974 (cartoon story)- Seventeen, February 1974 (cartoon story)- Seventeen, September 1972 (letter testimonial) - Seventeen, August 1973 (letter testimonial) - undated "regular" ad See a 1965 ad for a Pursettes school educational kit - Pursettes Getting to Know Yourself booklet for girls - other teaching booklets: Growing Up and Liking It and How Shall I Tell My Daughter? 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. Pursettes menstrual tampon ad, 1975 You see here one of the main points about menstruation in America: it must be kept secret (the word is actually used here and in other Pursettes ads). Therefore a woman should not use pads (this was a time of thick pads); she should use tiny Pursettes, and she has no applicator to give her away, either. See this and related points in the other Pursettes ads listed above, especially the concern about boys' knowing that a girl is menstruating. Horrors! This is an attitude that feeds on itself, with secrecy forcing the need for more secrecy. Crazy. The ad is from 1975, but there is no month or magazine indicated. Large file, long download time! See the actual Pursette tampon, box and tote - see more ads for Pursettes: Seventeen, July 1972 letter testimonial) © 1998 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