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See a massive amount of Kotex
information, ads, etc., including
the first Kotex ad campaign
(1921) - a Kotex prototype
("To Save Men's Lives Science
Discovered Kotex,") for the first ad, about
1920 - first newspaper ad? (1920)
and early newspaper ads - early
newspaper articles about Kotex and Cellucotton
What did women do about menstruation in the past?
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Four Men and a Machine:
Commemorating the Seventy-fifth
Anniversary of Kimberly-Clark Corporation
(1947)
Company-produced history of Kimberly-Clark, a
paper-making company
in Wisconsin, which invented and makes Kotex
I thank the former
college teacher who has donated so much to
this museum (example) for this book!
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Below: Page
20. The man hired to bring chemistry into
K-C trained in the technically
advanced universities of Europe. Interesting: in
Europe in the summer of 1914 - right before
World War I broke -,
this man and Kimberly found "a fluffy paper wadding
product which had better absorbent
qualities than cotton."
That was later called Cellucotton (see it in the first K-C
tampons),
which comprised Kotex.
So Kotex came from a
European source and was tested there only
to become the first American widely
available disposable menstrual pad.
Its first big European equivalent was Camelia, (which
had a naughty
history)
although Hartmann's (Germany) and Lister's [Sanitary]
Towels (U.S.A.) preceded both.
See early newspaper
articles about Kotex and Cellucotton.
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NEXT | Chapter 1 (prelude, start of
company [1874], Indians, etc.) Photo
of office,
1880 Photos (Neenah, Wisconsin,
1884, 1947) Chart (product
diversification) Chapter 2:
The 2d 25 years
Introduction of scientific
methods "Fluffy paper
wadding"=Cellucotton=Kotex (and Kleenex) Kleenex, Kotex from
Cellucotton
Chapter 3: The 3rd 25 years
1. Creped wadding Kotex display at retailers
display, 1926 2. Financing
rapid growth
3. Growth in the
Depression years 4. Production
for war 5. Postwar
expansion 6. One crop to
a century
Photo of Board of Directors
(not a woman to be seen)
See a massive amount of Kotex
information, ads, etc., including
the first Kotex ad campaign
(1921) - a Kotex prototype
("To Save Men's Lives Science
Discovered Kotex,")
for the first ad, about 1920 - first newspaper ad? (1920) and early newspaper ads
- early newspaper articles
about Kotex and Cellucotton
© 2009 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce
or distribute any of the work on this Web site
in any manner or medium without written permission of
the author. Please report suspected
violations to hfinley@mum.org\
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