Washable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900
See Pad-n-all, with belt from about the 1930s-40s, U.S.A.
Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual sponge
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
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.
Lakshmi Murthy: Teaching girls about puberty &
menstruation
and how to make washable menstrual pads, in rural India
The instruction wheel
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You're looking at the wheel Ms.
Murthy sent to this museum, which is 9" (22.9
cm) in
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Turning the wheel brings another stage (menstruation) into the uterus window, above. |
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"The chakka, or wheel,
demonstrating the cycle," writes Ms. Murthy.
The script is Hindi, the language of the
region. (Photo courtesy of Lakshmi Murthy)
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This enlargement of the photo
above shows the Hindi script. The first word,
at right
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Next: How to make the pads (1)
First page of project, using the doll, the real pad, the instruction wheel, pad-making
instructions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |,
explanation of project
Snap-on style washable pad -Washable pad with belt - See how women wear a belt with a pad - see a Swedish ad showing a belt and pad - German pattern for washable pads, probably before 1900 - And see a menstrual spongeWashable pads from Almora, Uttar Pradesh state, India - Nineteenth-century Norwegian washable pads - Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s - instructions for making Japanese pads, early 20th century? - German, about 1900©2002 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 |