Leona
Chalmer's 1937
book with a
drawing of a cup.
And
read old
comments from
people who have used a cup.
Do cups
cause endometriosis? Not enough evidence,
says the FDA.
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The Museum of
Menstruation and Women's Health
A History of
the Menstrual Cup (continued)
Tassaway's Annual
Report for 1970
Cover
"Tassaway"
sounds like "TOSSaway,"
doesn't it? That's probably because
it was meant to.
Women used the company's first cup,
Tassette, and
reused and re-reused
and re-re-used used it and didn't
buy enough
of them to keep the company in business. So
if they tossed them
they had to buy another. At least that's my
take on it.
The company eventually tossed itself
away with stock price
manipulation.
And stock was a subject of this annual
report. How neat, huh?
Since Tassaway wrestled with Tampax for
women's blood, Tambrands
got this photocopy of the annual report fast. I wonder who
the spy at
the meeting was.
The former Tambrands, which for decades
made and sold Tampax,
donated this photocopy of the report
as part of a huge donation
of its products and documents.
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Below:
A photocopy of the cover of the
8-page report.
The little gray balls between the
"as" and the "c" show
where someone punched holes probably
allowing for
inclusion in a binder.
It seems odd
that the report cover calls Tassaway
"the first proven advance
in menstrual protection in over 30
years - that would be before 1940 -
because the company's first
menstrual cup, Tassette,
had appeared
and failed after that date. But that
cup was probably identical to Leona
Chalmers's
cup,
patented in 1937 (at right),
and Chalmers was associated with
Oreck's
Tassette cup. Complicated.
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Right
above, bottom left, and at the
top of this page:
Barbara Waldron and Eduardo Peña.
Note how Mrs.
Waldron's stature tilts
"Tassaway."
After Tambrands sent me many
documents about menstrual cups, I
contacted
former Tassette company president
Robert Oreck for more information.
He referred me to
Mrs. Waldron, whom I never located.
Dr. Peña wrote articles
supporting the cup.
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