More from France: Nett tampon (France) 1985, ad showing white bathing suit Was Tampax the first commercial French tampon?: French & American box, tampons & instructions of 1938 compared - Kotex Freedom pads: nude woman (France, 1970s?) and a French ad from 1990 showing white pants - French Modess pad ad, 1970s? - Modess pad ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton - Nana pads (France) one-page ad featuring just a man (1980s?) - two-page spread featuring a different man (1989) - Polivia pad (France) ad, 1989 All tampons What did women do about menstruation in the past? 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? | Email the museum | Privacy on this site | Who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) | Artists (non-menstrual) | Asbestos | Belts | Bidets | Birth control and religion | Birth control drugs, old | Birth control douche & sponges | Founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) | Cats | Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | Contraception and religion | Contraceptive drugs, old | Contraceptive douche & sponges | Costumes | Menstrual cups | Cup usage | Dispensers | Douches, pain, sprays | Essay directory | Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) | Extraction | Facts-of-life booklets for girls | Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory | 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, towel, napkin directory | Patent medicine | Poetry directory | Products, some current | Puberty booklets for girls and parents| Religion | Religión y menstruación | Your remedies for menstrual discomfort | Menstrual products safety | Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | Science | Shame | Slapping, menstrual | Sponges | Synchrony | Tampon directory | Early tampons | Teen ads directory | Tour of the former museum (video) | Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory | 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 | Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site. Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Ad for Rubella menstrual tampon, normal (regular) (France, date ?) Magazine unknown First page depicting the 1973 Rubella tampon   Below: This might be the only tampon ad featuring a double amputee! And she looks like the French version of a Girl Scout! Wait! Do I see some leg remnents to the right of her thigh on the pillow?   End | 1973 Rubella box - instructions - tampon More from France: Nett tampon (France) 1985, ad showing white bathing suit Was Tampax the first commercial French tampon?: French & American box, tampons & instructions of 1938 compared - Kotex Freedom pads: nude woman (France, 1970s?) and a French ad from 1990 showing white pants - French Modess pad ad, 1970s? - Modess pad ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton - Nana pads (France) one-page ad featuring just a man (1980s?) - two-page spread featuring a different man (1989) - Polivia pad (France) ad, 1989 - All tampons Copyright 2009 Harry Finley