See some covers
of How shall I tell my daughter? and
an excerpt from the 1969
edition.
Marjorie May, three booklets, 1935 main page
See a Kotex ad
advertising this booklet.
See Kotex items: First ad
(1921; scroll to bottom of page) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck
catalog) - Lee
Miller ads (first real person in a
menstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth
Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928,
Australian edition; there are many links
here to Kotex items) - Preparing for
Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls;
Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in
Spanish showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - "Are you in the
know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
See more ads on the Ads
for Teenagers main page
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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Sally and
Mary and Kate Wondered . . .
Puberty and menstruation booklet,
Modess. 1956, U.S.A.
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Below:
Pp. 5-6. On page 6 the book
suggests asking your mother if you
have further questions about
menstruation. HA! Many women
museum visitors (when it was in my
house) told me their mothers
wanted to avoid talking about the
subject. One college student said
her physician mother somehow
detected that she had started her
first period. She handed her a box
of pads and said, "Here, use
these." End of discussion -
actually, no discussion.
But another college student said
her mother found her on her bed
trying to insert a tampon for the
first time. Her mother said, "Let
me show you how," and put it in
for her. The student said it was
one of the wonderful moments of
her life. Oh, the stories.
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END | Covers,
pp. 1-2
3-4 5-6. See
some covers
of How shall I tell my
daughter? and an excerpt
from the 1969
edition. See
also Personal
Digest
and Growing
up and liking it from the
same company, and Lynn Peril's article
about such booklets.
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