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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
21. (Second paragraph): "The Globe mill at
Neenah was rebuilt
to manufacture Cellucotton
(see Cellucotton in a
Kotex tampon), Kimberly-Clark's
trademarked name for the absorbent wadding
[mentioned on p. 20],
for use as a substitute
for cotton in surgical dressings. .
. .
"The new cellulose wadding line was
destined to grow into dozens of items with
such famous names as Kimpak, Kimsul, Kleenex, Kotex, Delsey, and
Sanek. Many of
these are marketed through drug store and
other channels outside the paper trade, for
retail sale to to individual or commercial
customers. These
products respond to more intensive
merchandising and advertising methods than
usually pay in selling printing, wrapping,
and other standard types of paper.
. . .
"'Cellucotton' made rapid strides as World
War I increased the demand for surgical
dressings."
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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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