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 in rural India about
puberty & the menstrual cycle and how to make
washable menstrual pads
Using a doll to explain the
washable menstrual pads they will make
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An instructor shows a cardboard
demonstration doll with paper dress,
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This museum's doll, which looks
like a deluxe version, is made of cardboard
and fabric,
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Lifting the fabric dress reveals a miniature pad and belt that shows the students how to wear the bigger, real ones they will make as part of a two-hour lesson. Just as with many washable pads elsewhere (see here), the holder (red) contains a removable insert that absorbs the discharge (white), which I pulled to the side to show (above). |
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The body side of the doll's holder has fabric bands to hold the white pad., above. |
Next: The real pad
First page of project, using the doll, 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 |