Compad
(U.S.A., 1940s-1960s?) single compressed pad
with belt in tiny package
Delicate (U.S.A.,
mid 1940s-50s?) pads to carry, in a tube -
ad, 1953
Kotex
"Featherweight" menstrual pad belt in a tube
Pad-n-all
(1930s-1940s?, U.S.A.) a combination of pad
and attached belt, probably made of cotton
Travelers, pads for. See
also Venus,
U.S.A., 1930s-1940s, and ad for Gotham and Venus
compressed sanitary napkins, U.S.A.,
1917, 1916.
Kotex
ad about concealing pad, 1953 - Ad for
Kotex menstrual pads, 1955 - a Kotex doesn't-show ad,
1960 - menarche
ad for the Kotex
Introductory Kit (Miss Deb pad &
belt, etc.), 1966 - pad,
box, mid 1960s (see Cybill Shepherd's ads for
this, 1970-71) - pad, box, 1969, "sci-fi" -
Lightdays Pantiliner ads featuring named
women, 1982, 1985, 1986
Harry
Finley created the images.
What did women do about menstruation in
the past?
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kotex individually
wrapped feminine napkins (U.S.A.,
1966)
Below:
Left:
one of the 8 pads enveloped in a
paper-like material.
Center:
side view showing a crescent-shaped
tab (arrow) on the
envelope that the user pulls
to free the pad from the envelope.
Right:
end of the pad's envelope.
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Below:
Pulling the crescent tab peels a strip of
material through the
center of the envelope
enabling the user to remove the remaining caps
(middle image) of material from
the ends of the rolled pad,
which in the third image is
beginning to unroll. The
arrow
points to the edge of one cap.
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Below:
The pad is unrolled except for the
two ends that attach to a belt around
the waist.
(Women could also put these into panties with
special holders in a raging
menstrual panty market [and
here].)
The blue
line indicates the side
that is NOT pressed against the
vulva.
As shown, the pad measures about 6
1/4 x 3" (about 16 x 7.4 cm)
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Below:
The short
end of the pad (at left)
attaches to a menstrual belt at the
front of the
body
and the long
end at the back. See why. (I
show both the blue line and
absorption sides.)
From the end to the tip of the
triangle the short end
measures 4" (10.2 cm)
leng and the long end
5 1/4" (13.3 cm), depending on how
hard you pull on the tab. It's very flexible,
which is (was)
important for comfort.
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Compad (U.S.A.,
1940s-1960s?) single compressed pad with
belt in tiny package
Delicate (U.S.A.,
mid 1940s-50s?) pads to carry, in a tube -
ad, 1953
Kotex
"Featherweight" menstrual pad belt in a tube
Pad-n-all
(1930s-1940s?, U.S.A.) a combination of pad
and attached belt, probably made of cotton
Travelers, pads for. See
also Venus,
U.S.A., 1930s-1940s, and ad for Gotham and Venus
compressed sanitary napkins, U.S.A.,
1917, 1916.
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