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                          See o.b. booklets: Volwassen
                              worden ("Growing
                            up," the Netherlands, excerpts, 2004,
                            o.b.
                            tampons) 
                            [Die] Menstruation (excerpts,
                            1977, o.b. tampons, Germany)
                          See an actual o.b.
                              tampon from the 1970s
                            - More o.b. stuff in the tampon
                              directory
                          
                          Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
                          Tampax Satin Learner's
                              Kit (for menstruation),
                            2001, in 3 languages
                          Instructions from Tampax about what to
                            tell customers, 1936
                          
                          Tampax "Educational
                              Material on Menstruation,"
                            1966
                          
                          Booklets
                            menstrual hygiene companies made
                            for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
                            - a list of books
                            and articles about menstruation
                            - videos
                          
                          
                          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)
                          
                          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.
                          
                          
                          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
                          
                          
                          
                              
                              
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                                    o.b.
                                        menstrual tampons educational
                                        booklet, "Your Personal
                                        Guide to Menstruation And Tampon
                                        Usage," 1988, U.S.A. 
                                        Whole booklet 
                                      Back
                                        and front covers
                                    A European
                                        tampon before Johnson &
                                      Johnson
                                      took it over in the 1970s, o.b.
                                      stood out in recent America by
                                      having no
                                      insertion device, but most early
                                        American tampons
                                      also had no applicators, so the
                                      idea was not new, just forgotten.
                                      Tampax and
                                        its patent on a cardboard
                                        applicator killed
                                      most of its competition in its
                                      first decades, probably even in
                                      Europe.
                                    O.b. has made some of the cleverest
                                      and boldest
                                      ads in the industry (although
                                      English products
                                      might be the wittiest)
                                      but this booklet is
                                      straighforward,
                                      probably the way such a booklet
                                      should be.
                                    Tambrands, the former maker
                                        of Tampax, generously donated
                                        this booklet.
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                          END covers -
                            pages: 2-3
                            - 4-5 - 6-7 - 8-9 - 10-11 - 12-13
                            - 14-15 
                            See an actual o.b.
                              tampon from the 1970s
                            - More o.b. stuff in the tampon
                              directory - Tampax Satin Learner's Kit (for
                            menstruation), 2001, in 3 languages 
                            Instructions from Tampax about what to tell
                            customers, 1936
                            - See a French and American
                              Tampax from 1938 
                              Tampax "Educational Material on
                              Menstruation," 1966
                          
                            
                             
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