Read a later Tell It Like It Is (1981).
Three puberty & menstruation booklets from Kotex, 1968
Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special for you! - the American fax tampon, from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Tell It Like Is, Kotex menstrual (stick) tampon booklet (1974, U.S.A.)

Read a later Tell It Like It Is (1981).

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NEXT - covers 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 - Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) -
another Kotex tampon: Comfortube (1967) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s
Three puberty & menstruation booklets from Kotex, 1968
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)

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