Homepage "Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952) - French & American box, tampons & instructions of 1938 compared - Tampax brochure, Germany, probably early 1950s - "No belts. no pins . . . ." ad, 1956(?) See a very early Tampax ad (1936) - a very early Tampax box and contents - more early commercial tampons Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation? See also How shall I tell my daughter? and Personal Digest and read the whole booklet As One Girl to Another (Kotex, 1940). See a Kotex ad advertising a Marjorie May booklet. See many more similar booklets. See ads for menarche-education booklets: Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1932), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey), Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1981) See also the booklets How shall I tell my daughter? (Modess, various dates), and Growing up and liking it (Modess, various dates) And read Lynn Peril's series about these and similar booklets! Read the full text of the 1935 Canadian edition of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday, probably identical to the American edition. Is this the first Tampax tampon? Go to Early Commercial Tampons Other early commercial tampons - Main Tampax patent - Ad from 1936 - World War II Tampax sign More ads for teens (see also introductory page for teenage advertising): Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and Quest napkin powder, 1948, U.S.A.), Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and belts, 1949, U.S.A.)Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins, 1953, U.S.A.), Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and belts, 1964, U.S.A.), Freedom (1990, Germany), Kotex (1992, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Pursettes (1974, U.S.A.), Saba (1975, Denmark) See early tampons and a list of tampon on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged. Comic strip: A conservative American family visits the (future) Museum of Menstruation 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. The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health The original Museum of Menstruation "How Times Have Changed: A Manual of Menstruation, Its Purpose, Function and Care," Tampax Inc., 1950s, U.S.A. The Tampax company, which started selling Tampax in the early-to-mid 1930s (see its history), compiled some summations of its studies about tampons and some history of menstruation and created this booklet, probably in the 1950s. See the bulletins Tampax published about the same time to address many questions the public had. See "Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?" (proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952). All tampon topics. Homepage A Dutchman - the faithful contributor of many items recently - kindly sent these scans. Below: The cover. Note the cross, which makes a medical connection as it does on the early Tampax & Modess boxes. In a sense it's related to the bandages made by early menstrual products companies (they both absorbed blood) like Johnson & Johnson (Modess) and Kimberly Clark (Kotex). The contributor gave no dimensions for the booklet but I suspect it's 8.5 x 11" (about 21.6 x 27.8 cm).   NEXT | cover 1&2 3&4 5 6 7&8 9&10 11&12 13&14 15&16 - Homepage - French & American box, tampons & instructions of 1938 compared - "Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952) - Tampax brochure, Germany, probably early 1950s - "No belts. no pins . . . ." ad, 1956(?) - Instructions, early 1930s - See a very early Tampax ad (1936) - a very early Tampax box and contents - All tampon topics. See actual Tampax from right before this report appeared. © 2007 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