See the German booklet [Die] Menstruation (excerpts, 1977, o.b. tampons, Germany) Photographer David Hamilton contributed many photographs to this explicit and beautiful booklet. By the way, "Die" in the title means "the," not to lose life.
Booklets from about this time, 1956:
now you are 10 (complete booklet, 1958, Kotex, U.S.A.)
Essence of Womanhood (complete booklet, 1959, Personal Products Corp., Modess tampons, U.S.A.)
Growing Up and Liking It (1957, The Personal Products Company, U.S.A.)
How shall I tell my daughter? (1954, Personal Products Co., U.S.A.)
Sally and Mary and Kate Wondered . . . (complete booklet, cover, 1956, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
"You're a young lady now" (complete booklet, 1952, Kotex, U.S.A.) The first owner might have printed her named on the back of the booklet. Complete booklet, 1959, apparently with the owner's name cut out.

"From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system" (complete 1966, 1986, Tambrands, U.S.A. The 1966 version is part of the huge "Educational Material on Menstruation furnished by the makers of Tampax," 1966)
Tell it like it is: Straight talk about tampons (complete booklet, 1968, Kotex stick tampons, U.S.A., revised 1974; complete booklet, 1981, although the title lacks the subtitle "Straight talk about tampons"). I wonder if "straight" alludes to the shape of tampons.
See a FAKE Tampax from Turkey.
Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit (for menstruation), 2001, in 3 languages
Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936
See a French and American Tampax from 1938
Tampax "Educational Material on Menstruation," 1966
See a very early Tampax ad (1936) - a very early Tampax box and contents - more early commercial tampons
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos
See early tampons and a list of tampons on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
HOMEPAGE
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
LIST OF ALL TOPICS |
MUM address & What does MUM mean? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
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, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
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 |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

German Tampax menstrual tampons educational booklet,
Es geht um die besten Jahre Ihres Lebens!
[It's a Matter of the Best Years of Your Life!]

1956[?], Germany

(deutsches Heft, Büchlein, Menstruation, Aufklärung, problems, PMS, puberty, menstrual cycle, tampons, girls, Mädchen, Frau, kritische Tage, Geschlechtsreife, Hormone, Wechseljahre, Beschwerden)
Whole booklet

Introduction

See the German booklet [Die] Menstruation (excerpts, 1977, o.b. tampons)
Similar booklets in the column at left.

I thank the Dutch contributor of many items to the museum and this site for these scans!

Below: P. 2.

exertions should always be overcome with a friendly face and constant èlan; your fellow man and family demand an even temperament, understanding and not least a friendly personality. Everyone naturally expects an honest effort from a woman to be young and pretty. They know about these expectations and are ready to fulfill them as well as possible. Only you concede to yourself sometimes how difficult it is on some days. No one thinks about the the physical laws a woman is subject to. Only you yourself feel these and perhaps believe that you must endure the repetitive burdens of the critical days

the way you always have. Do you know that the days of menstruation lined up after each other amount to an average 5 years? Five years in the best years of your life! Just once in your own interest you should work on the "problem" of menstruation and its solution. We'd like to give you this opportunity with a frank and detailed explanation. Read this booklet in a quiet place and with an open mind. You'll get a correct and natural relationship to menstruation that will make many things easier. You'll learn that this is a good and final solution.


NEXT | covers (front & back) - introduction - Natürlich Gesund Sinnvoll (Natural Healthy Significant) - Das Befinden und Verhalten in diesen Tagen (Your Condition and Behavior in these Days) - Das Wichtigste: Der Menstruationsschutz (The Most Important Thing: Menstrual Protection) - Tampax Tampon Hygiene - So sieht ein Tampax-Tampon aus (This is What a TAMPAX Tampon Looks Like) - So wird Tampax angewendet (How to Use Tampax) - Die grosse Bedeutung der Gleithülse (The Great Importance of the Applicator) - Die Tampax Gleithülse (The Tampax Applicator) - So wirkt der Tampax-Tampon (Here's How the Tampax Tampon Works) - Tampax bei der praktishen Anwendung (Tampax in Practice; Tampax Now in Three Sizes) - Tampax #1, #2 & Junior - Tampon-Wechsel (Changing the Tampon) - Bei stärker auftretender Menstruation (For Heavier Menstruation) - Tampax Anwendung für junge Mädchen (Tampax Use for Young Girls) - Eine oft gestellte Frage (An Oft-Asked Question [virginity]) - Glücklich Erleichtert Zufrieden (Happy Relieved Satisfied) - (Pictures of Tampax boxes compared with ones in this museum's collection)
Booklets from about this time, 1956:
now you are 10 (complete booklet, 1958, Kotex, U.S.A.)
Essence of Womanhood (complete booklet, 1959, Personal Products Corp., Modess tampons, U.S.A.)
Growing Up and Liking It (1957, The Personal Products Company, U.S.A.)
How shall I tell my daughter? (1954, Personal Products Co., U.S.A.)
Sally and Mary and Kate Wondered . . . (complete booklet, cover, 1956, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
"You're a young lady now" (complete booklet, 1952, Kotex, U.S.A.) - Many more BOOKLETS - Many more TAMPONS
 

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