More Tampax booklets: "Accent on you . . ." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit, 2001, in 3 languages: English. Booklet, pads & tampons
Trousse de l'étudiante French
Estuche de Aprendizaje Spanish
See a FAKE Tampax from Turkey.
Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
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
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Tampax menstrual tampons educational booklet,
"
it's time you knew . . . ," 1966, U.S.A.
Whole booklet
Back and front covers

The Dutch contributor of these scans writes,

The date, I think, is 1966 (see page 3: copyright 1966), edition 1969, because of the calendar 1969-1970 and because of the code printed on the backside (DTB 10-1-P 769).

As I said earlier, it resembles the booklet Accent on you, see e.g. pages 10 & 11 with the exercises; the drawings are exactly the same.

But in some ways it is more serious, not in the question-answer format but right to the point. See e.g. pages 14-15: menstruation and marriage.

Hilarious to read that the booklet's advice is "Don't take advantage of your husband" or "He married a full-time wife, not a part-time one."

On page 16 the booklet says (second line) that Tampax appeared on the market in 1933. I hadn't read this before (but you came already to the same conclusion at your site!)

Tampax, the first tampon with an applicator (early 1930s; read a short history), and the first really successful tampon, has a long history providing information about menstruation and tampons. The company had to in order to sell the tampon idea to skeptical customers worried about losing their virginity (see a letter a mother wrote to her daughter's doctor about tampons and hymens), losing the tampon in the vagina, blocking the menstrual flow, etc. Many of these questions Tampax answered in its Bulletins from the 1950s, in a medical journal article, in a medical journal ad as well as in early commercial ads.

More Tampax booklets: "Accent on you . . ." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit, 2001, in 3 languages: English. Booklet, pads & tampons, Trousse de l'étudiante French, Estuche de Aprendizaje Spanish
I thank the generous Dutch contributor for these scans and several other items on this site!
Back cover, below
The closed booklet measures about 5" x 7 1/8" (about 12.3 x 17.9 cm).
 Front cover, below

NEXT covers, 2-3 - 4-5 - 6-7 - 8-9 - 10-11 - 12-13 - 14-15 - 16-17 - 18-19
See Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.), a FAKE Tampax from Turkey & 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

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