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More from Modess: 1927 Gilbreth report to Johnson & Johnson about Modess - newspaper ads 1927-28 - "Silent Purchase" ad, June 1928 - ad, 1928 - "Modernizing Mother" ads: #1, February 1929 ("Mother . . . don't be quaint"); #3 April 1929 ("Don't weaken, Mother"); #5, June 1929 ("Never mind, Mother, you'll learn") - ad about concealing pad, 1930 - ad compared with Kotex ad, 1931 - ad, 1931 - wrapped Modess pad for dispenser, 1930s? - Ad, U.K., 1936 - True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947 - actress Carol Lynley in "How shall I tell my daughter?" booklet ad (1955) - Australian ad, 1957 - ad (1956) with "Modess . . . . because" ad incorporated into it - ad for "Growing Up and Liking It" booklet (1963, Modess) - - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates) - French ad, 1970s? - ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton - Personal Digest leaflets (7), 1966-67: describe Modess products - How Modess Sanitary Napkins Began: excerpts from"A Company That Cares: One Hundred Year Illustrated History of Johnson and Johnson"
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.


MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Modess menstrual napkin (pad) ad, 1969, U.S.A.
With baby
"She knows as much as you do about sanitary napkins."

The toxic shock syndrome (TSS) crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s was probably the first time most women paid attention to what was in their menstrual pads and tampons. Chances are, most women wanted to forget about menstruation, um, PERIOD. This ad tried to yank their attention back to what was between their legs, to its construction, not that they could forget about these wads of absorbent material. One of the contributors to this site - thanks again! - believes that Modess was the best pad in its era.

By the way, comedian Tina Fey points out women's personal awareness of pads and men's obliviousness of their discomfort in "Lessons from Late Night" in the 14 March 2011 The New Yorker magazine in describing the making of the fake "Kotex Classic" commercial for the Saturday Night Live television program. She discusses the fictional reintroduction of Kotex belts and huge pads but doesn't mention that earlier pads were even larger, Modess's filler in the 1920s being 2 feet long.

The ad text refers to many Kotex features; the battle between the two brands lasted for decades.

I thank the donor!

Below: The magazine the ad appeared in is unknown.
 
 


More Modess: wrapped Modess pad for dispenser, 1930s? - Ad, U.K., 1936 -
True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947 -
actress Carol Lynley in "How shall I tell my daughter?" booklet ad (1955)
"Silent Purchase" ad, June 1928
Many more pad ads
Tampon directory - Panties directory

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