Southall's ads from the United Kingdom, 1888-1913 Lister's [Sanitary] Towels (U.S.A., 1890s-1920s?) 4 ads for the first American disposable pad, by Johnson & Johnson Read the main Hartmann page and see similar early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana. Washable pads - Menstrual sponge - Swedish advertisement for a belt and pad and adhesive pad Suspenders for holding pads (U.S.A., 19th century) HOMEPAGE 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 | 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, some current | Puberty booklets for girls and parents| Religion | Religión y menstruación | Your remedies for menstrual discomfort | Menstrual products safety | 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) | 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. MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH Early disposable menstrual napkin (towel) for traveling women: Southalls' (U.K.) Small box with single pad (1930s?) See Southall's ads from the United Kingdom, 1888-1913. Lister's [Sanitary] Towels (U.S.A., 1890s-1920s?) 4 ads for the first American disposable pad, by Johnson & Johnson Read the main Hartmann page and see similar early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana. I thank Andrew Smith, Wales, United Kingdom, for this generous gift as well as two others! Below: The pad, expanding, after a many-decades sleep.   Below: The pad. The text on the box recommended heating it but I didn't. The interior cotton, the filler, measures about the same length as the larger pad (8") but is narrower, 2.5" wide (about 6.5 cm). Below: The loops for buttons or a belt appear the same as on the larger pad. NEXT: British Lilia pad in a tube | small box of Southall's | Lilia pad in a tube Southalls' ads from the United Kingdom, 1888-1913 - Lister's [Sanitary] Towels (U.S.A., 1890s-1920s?) 4 ads for the first American disposable pad, by Johnson & Johnson - Read the main Hartmann page and see similar early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana. Washable pads - Menstrual sponge - Swedish advertisement for a belt and pad and adhesive pad Suspenders for holding pads (U.S.A., 19th century) © 2008 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