More about menstrual
seclusion: Dogon
of Mali - Hawaiian
- Suriname
(discussed by Sally Price, Dittman Professor
of American Studies at the College of
William and Mary, who spent many periods in
menstrual huts)
I believe most women in Europe probably
bled into their clothing (into their
underclothing, a chemise
- see it) before 1900; read about this.
Read about the
washable pad project for the neighboring
Indian state, Rajasthan.
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Washable napkins for
menstruation for women in Almora, Uttar
Pradesh state, India,
giving them more freedom (1999)
(page 3)
Dr. Margaret Greene, of the
Center for Health and Gender
Equity in Takoma Park, Maryland,
U.S.A., sent the page and the information
accompanying the page below.
Below, women learn to change the
menstrual pads three times a day
and to wash them.
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END First
page, second
page. See another washable pad
project in India, in Rajasthan.
More about menstrual
seclusion: Dogon
of
Mali - Hawaiian
- Suriname
(discussed by Sally Price, Dittman
Professor of American Studies at
the College of William and Mary,
who spent many periods in
menstrual huts). More about washable pads:
General
subject - 19th century Italian
- 19th century Norwegian
- Pattern
for home sewing - Snap-on
- With underpants
- With belt
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