See American Tassaway ads from 1971 and 1972, 1972 & 1973 Dutch ads, and instructions for use of the cup
Read a partial history of the menstrual cup
First cup? Tassette, Tassaway, The Keeper, Daintette, Foldene
Leona Chalmer's 1937 book with a drawing of a cup.
And read old comments from people who have used a cup.
Do cups cause endometriosis? Not enough evidence, says the FDA.
HOMEPAGE
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
MUM address & What does MUM mean? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
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, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
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) |
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.

 
The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

A History of the Menstrual Cup (continued)

Tassette, Inc. (maker of Tassaway)
Notice of annual meeting of shareholders, 1971
Proxy statement
Proposal to change name of company to Tassaway, Inc.

P. 6. (last page)

Read the annual report of this meeting and of the previous year (1970).

The former Tambrands, which for decades made and sold Tampax,
donated this photocopy of the notice as part of a generous, huge donation
of its products and documents in 1997.
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Below: P. 6 (in spite of the number at the bottom of the page).

END of notice -  pp. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Read the annual report of this meeting and of the previous year (1970).
See American Tassaway ads from 1971 and 1972, 1972 & 1973 Dutch ads, and instructions for use of the cup
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