See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.
Look at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s.
Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
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)
First Tampax? & first tampon with applicator (1931-33?): box, tampon, instructions, plus newspaper ad from 1934 - Tiffany bowl celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tampax - 1936: box, tampon, patent (with a short account of the invention of Tampax by Dr. Earle Haas, and of the first Tampax president, German immigrant Gertrude Tenderich)
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From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system [sex education for children in school]
Tambrands, Tampax menstrual tampons, 1986, U.S.A.

Along with other early tampon makers in the early-mid 1930s in America, Tampax vigorously promoted tampons to an unknowing and suspicious public.

Starting probably in the late 1940s, companies like Modess, Kotex, Pursettes, Tampax made, and sometimes still make, kits for schools, enabling teachers to use the material to explain menstruation and puberty to American girls - today, sometimes also to boys - and let the captive audience see their products, hoping they will use them for life; they often did. Sometimes the companies also supplied films, such as the famous one from Walt Disney.

See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.

Compare at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s.
Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
All teachers' guides
Menstrual educational booklets for girls & parents
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
I thank Tambrands, the former maker of Tampax, for generously donating this booklet!

Below: The cover (& pamplet) measures 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm). The booklet consists of thin glossy paper stapled twice on the spine.
The color of "a teaching . . ." and TAMBRANDS (& the underlying text) on the back cover is white.
Below: Back cover. The mismatch in the top horizontal line resulted from MY scanning error; it's not the company's mistake. The back and front covers are one piece of paper.
   
Below: The text at the bottom of the back cover.
 

NEXT: Introduction & front & back covers foreword (forward) CONTENTS Tambrands Educational Program From Girl to Woman From Boy to Man Male Reproductive System Female Reproductive System The Menstrual Cycle Facts About Menstrual Protection Being a Woman Being an Adult Book List/Extended Activities WORKSHEETS: Facts and Fables From Boy to Man Male Reproductive System Female Reproductive System The Menstrual Cycle Facts About Menstrual Protection Being A Woman Being An Adult Worksheet ANSWERS
See the From Fact to Fiction from 1966, part of the "Educational Material on Menstruation Furnished by the Makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A. - Compare at the roughly contemporary (1968) "Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" from Modess pads - See an earlier teacher's kit, early 1950s. - Complete list of kits and booklets from companies about puberty.
All teachers' guides
Menstrual educational booklets for girls & parents
See the Modess teaching guides covers (1962 and 1973)
See the tampon directory
Ads for teenagers
 

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