See ads for
                        menarche-education booklets: Marjorie
                          May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1933), Tampax tampons (1970, with
                        Susan Dey), Personal
                          Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and
                        German o.b. tampons
                        (lower ad, 1970s)
                      
                      And read Lynn Peril's series
                        about these and similar booklets!
                      See more Kotex items: First ad (1921) -
                        ad 1928 (Sears and
                          Roebuck catalog) - Lee
                          Miller ads (first real person in
                        amenstrual 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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                      Covers for teacher's guides for menarche,
                        puberty & menstruation,  
                        Modess menstrual napkins & tampons, 1962,
                        1973, U.S.A.
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                These manuals came with other
                                  material (for example, the Growing Up and
                                    Liking It booklets; and here's
                                  an ad from
                                  Pursettes for such material) for the
                                  students.
                                Because of mothers' unwillingness to
                                  teach their daughters about
                                  menstruation, doctors and companies
                                  took over the job, with imperfect
                                  results. Read Lynn
                                    Peril's article about these
                                  booklets.
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                                Personal Products
                                  (Modess), 1962
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                                Personal Products
                                  (Modess), 1973
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                      See ads for
                        menarche-education booklets: Marjorie
                          May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1933),  
                        See also the booklets
                        How shall I tell my
                          daughter? (Modess, various dates), Growing up and liking it
                        (Modess,  
                        various dates), and Marjorie
                          May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1928). 
                        And read Lynn Peril's series
                        about these and similar booklets! 
                        See another ad for
                        As One Girl to Another (1942), and the booklet itself.
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