Leona Chalmer's 1937
book with a drawing of a cup.
And read comments from people who have used a cup.
Do cups cause endometriosis? Not enough
evidence, says the FDA.
 
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A History of the Menstrual Cup (continued)
Daintette, an early cup
The white material is possibly Dainty Maid Powder, mentioned
in the Dainty Maid literature. Compare
this cup to other cups. ("Mrs. Mary Coleman," Middlefield, Connecticut,
possibly a company, generously gave the cup to this museum.)
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The Dainty Maid, Inc., company of Middlefield, Connecticut (U.S.A.),
made the Daintette reusable menstrual cup, possibly before Leona
Chalmers made her cup in the late 1930s. That would possibly make
it the first menstrual cup. (Read excerpts from
her book The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life,
1937, Pioneer Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York.)
See parts of the patents and the box for the cup, below.
See instructions for the cup pictured (box is at the bottom of this page);
information about
the Dainty Maid douche apparatus (and see a set); and covers of Mon Docteur and Daintette booklets; items the company sold (sells?); "unsolicited
testimonial letters," and ads in newspapers seeking women
to sell the product at parties.
Long download time, large files!
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The Daintette box cites these two patents,
above and left, as the basis for the cup.
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Above we see two of the six sides of a Daintette box. The
box is off-white with black writing and a green logo (the woman's profile);
see box at right. (Box photocopy courtesy of the Finney County Historical
Society, Garden City, Kansas, U.S.A., whose e-mail in 1998 asking me what
in the world this was alerted me to Daintette's existence. Further e-mails
led to my contacting the town clerk in Middlefield, Connecticut, to find
the manufacturer, which the clerk did for me. Many thanks!)
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Another box for Daintette; this one contains the cup pictured
at the top of the page. (Date unknown. Contributed to this museum, with
the cup, by "Mrs. Mary Coleman," Middlefield, Connecticut, possibly
a company)
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See instructions for the cup pictured (box is at the bottom of this page);
information about
the Dainty Maid douche apparatus (and see a set); and covers of Mon Docteur and Daintette booklets; items the company sold (sells?); "unsolicited
testimonial letters," and ads in newspapers seeking women
to sell the product at parties.
© 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
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