Marjorie May, three
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As One
Girl to Another (puberty &
menstruation booklet from
Kotex sanitary napkins, 1940, U.S.A.)
See the first
page for a general discussion of
the booklet.
See an
ad offering this
free booklet! And see a tin of
Quest powder (and
an ad for it). Kotex, on page
10, recommended sprinkling the
powder on pads to stop the
odor. (Read what
causes the odor of
menstruation.) The booklet
mentions Fibs tampon, the Kotex
tampon, developed in the
1930s, on page 16. Fibs had no
applicator, unlike its main
competitor, the two-tube
Tampax (read and see the first
Tampax?).
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Back
cover
Go to cover,
introduction
("as one girl to another"), page 1
("lollipops to lipsticks"), 2 ("You're
YOURSELF!") and 3
(definition), 4 and 5
(cramps), 6
(use a calendar) and 7, 8 ("you
need never feel the least
embarrassed.") and 9 ("never
give your secret away"), 10
(cleanliness) and 11, 12 and 13
("boys know all about
menstruation." [!]), 14-15
(do's and don't's chart), 16
(tampons) and 17, 18 (how
to attach a menstrual pad to a
belt) and inside
back cover (Kotex calendar
1940-41), back
cover
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