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Confidets ad from 1961 and the actual pad and box from 1967.
See the complete 1969 edition of How Shall I Tell My Daughter? (Modess pads and tampons).
See some covers of How shall I tell my daughter? and an excerpt from the 1969 edition.
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

World of a girl, puberty and menstruation booklet, Confidets sanitary napkins, 1965, U.S.A.
Complete booklet


First pages of the booklet.

Thanks again to the Dutch contributor of these scans!


Below: Pp. 6-9
 
 

NEXT pages. Covers, pp. 1, 2-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17. Confidets ad from 1961 and the actual pad and box from 1967. See the complete 1969 edition of How Shall I tell My Daughter? (Modess pads and tampons) See some covers of How shall I tell my daughter? and an excerpt and funny story from the 1969 edition. See also Personal Digest and Growing up and liking it from the same company, and Lynn Peril's article about such booklets.

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