See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash
ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad,
1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol ad, 1938 - Midol booklet
(selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad,
1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray
ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol douche liquid
ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
More Midol: Midol
booklet (selections), 1959, and Midol ad,
1938
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Ad for Mum
deodorant cream (June 1926, U.S.A.)
Mum's a good name for a deodorant,
and a good nickname for this museum
for the same reason: "Mum's the word,"
which means "Don't say anything! It's
secret!" Menstruation, for example.
See another
woman, but stranger looking,
also put the "Shh!" finger to her
lips.
According to the Gilbreth
report (1927), some women used the
cream on menstrual pads not only as a
deodorant but to reduce the chafing of the gauze
that usually covered them, a great
problem in the 1920s and before. The
ad mentions this use in the third paragraph.
I went through a contortion to get
MUM to make sense for this museum, but
it comes from
MUseum of
Menstruation.
MOM
makes more sense, but I wasn't looking
for a connection to mother (even
though many English speakers say mum
for mother; I don't), simply the
opportunity to say "MUM's the word!"
about menstruation.
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menstrual pain pills ad (Australia)
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See also
Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche
powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique
douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan (1)
genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2)
genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol douche
liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche
liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche
liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol
menstrual pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.)
- Midol
booklet (selections), 1959
(U.S.A.) - Mum
deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952
(Australia) - Pristeen
genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain
tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital
spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of
Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome) - the odor
page
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