See more Tampax items: 1938 ads, U.S.A., the Netherlands - "Are you sure I'll still be a virgin?" ad (Feb. 1990) - August 1965 ad (U.S.A.) - a sign advertising Tampax during World War II - the original patent - an instruction sheet from the 1930s - and some other early commercial tampons British ad promoting Tampax with thongs, 1994 - another British Tampax ad, with nudity, 1992DIRECTORY of all topics 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? | 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. Actress Susan Dey and two ads for Tampax tampons (ad #3, below; see #2 and #1) Susan Dey, an American television (L.A. Law, The Partridge Family) and movie actress, was a teenage model, and appeared in the ads below probably in 1969 or 1970 for Tampax (magazines unknown). See more information and pictures of Dey. An official of Tambrands, who visited MUM with her son and a member of the company advertising staff, was surprised to learn that Dey had once appeared in a Tampax ad - actually, at least three (see ads #1 and #2). By the way, this official, Dr. Iris Prager, the manager of North American education for the company, e-mailed me in November 2000 when I was preparing for a television debate, writing, "You don't have to actually experience menstruation to understand how it works physiologically or to educate about it." She was president-elect of the American Association for Health Education. Some people have said I could not run a museum or Web site about menstruation if I did not experience it myself (I'm male). Tambrands, before Procter & Gamble bought it, generously gave this museum many items from its archives. Then P&G gave even more to MUM. Below is the third ad; see the second and the first (on the main Dey page) ads. See more famous people in menstrual hygiene advertising: Carol Lynley - Lee Miller - Mary Lou Retton - Cathy Rigby - Cheryl Tiegs - Brenda Vaccaro       Susan Dey, above, enlarged from the ad at left. Above and left: From its beginnings Tampax has advertised the freedom its tampons bring. Tampax, the first tampon with an applicator, is still the best-selling tampon in the world. Read the enlarged text, below. By the way, the women in the background are not Dey. See the second and the first (on the main Dey page) ads. NEXT famous woman - Carol Lynley - Lee Miller - Mary Lou Retton - Cathy Rigby - Cheryl Tiegs - Brenda Vaccaro © 2001 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org