Look at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s.
Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
See ads for menarche-education booklets: Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1933), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey), Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1970s)
See also the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? (Modess, various dates), Growing up and liking it (Modess, various dates), and Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1928).
And read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad (1921) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads (first real person in amenstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing disposal method - box from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page
DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)
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? | 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.


The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

"Educational Material on Menstruation furnished by the makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.
"Who Wants to Know about Menstrual Health?"

This kit in a folder contains studies and more technical material than in teacher's kits like the 1968 Modess kit and others in the museum (complete list, also of booklets).

Starting probably in the late 1940s, companies like Modess, Kotex, Pursettes, Tampax made, and sometimes still make, kits for schools, enabling teachers to use the material to explain menstruation and puberty to American girls - today, sometimes also to boys - and let the captive audience see their products, hoping they will use them for life; they often did. Sometimes the companies also supplied films, such as the famous one from Walt Disney.

I thank a Texan for this great Christmas present!

NEXT page 3 of "Who Wants to Know about Menstrual Health?" - CONTENTS OF FOLDER: Folder - list of material Tampax offers - Girls want answers to their questions . . . about menstruation - From Fiction to Fact: A Teaching Guide on Menstruation and Menstrual Health - Who Wants to Know About Menstrual Health? - Who Wants to Know About Menstrual Health? - it's time you knew . . . all about menstruation - Responses to Talks on Menstrual Health - Standing Female Pelvic Organs - Female Reproducive Organs - The Doctor Talks About Menstruation - The Doctor Talks About Menopause - Swimming During the Menstrual Period - Problems of Menstruation" and Swimming and Exercise During Menstruation - Sports Activities for Girls - Intravaginal Tampons for the Postpartum Patient - Tampons in Menstrual Hygiene - The Use of Vaginal Tampons for the Absorption of Menstrual Discharges - Tampons as Menstrual Guards
Look at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess. See a portfolio from the 1950s. Complete list. See ads for menarche-education booklets: Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1933). See also the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? (Modess, various dates),
Growing up and liking it (Modess, various dates), and Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1928).
And read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets!
See another ad for As One Girl to Another (1942), and the booklet itself.

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