Belts and pads from the 1902 and 1908 Sears,
Roebuck catalogs (U.S.A.)
Early 20th-century Japanese ads from publications
- open-crotch drawers, 1890s (U.S.A., from MUM
collection) - Modess "Sanitary Shield"
(two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.) - SheShells
bikini (snap open at sides; no special crotch; possibly for menstrual pads
or tampons, 1970s, U.S.A.)
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
 
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Kotex Deluxe menstrual pad belt
(1970s-80s?, Canada)
Actual belts, underpants,
sanitary napkin, tampon,
pad, menstruation
American commercial belts have held non-adhesive pads in place at least
since 1891 and in Europe,
too.
Adhesive pads made life easier for pad wearers.
This being the Canadian Kotex, the text is in French
and English.
I thank the donor!
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Below: Front of box, which measures 3 1/2
x 3 3/4" (8.9 x 9.5 cm) not including the hanger strip at top.
The funny looking hole at the top allows a
horizontal rod
to penetrate it and its fellows in a store.
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Below: Back of box.
The drawing shows how science marched forward:
the earliest belts usually used pins to hold
the tab of the pad to the belt. Tampons used to brag
about how they made pins and belts necessary - no,
wait, the early tampons didn't talk, their makers bragged.
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