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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                                Strictly
                                    Feminine, menstruation and
                                  puberty booklet for teenage girls
                                  (1969, The Personal Products Co.,
                                  maker of Modess pads) 
                                  last pages the doctor
                                    recommended: 24 - 25
                                
                                I thank the Dutch contributor of the
                                  scans of the letter and booklet pages!
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                      END of Strictly Feminine - Read about Rely tampon, associated
                          with toxic shock (TSS), and also  
                          read also the comments to What a trained nurse
                            wrote to her young sister. and 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)
                        
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