See ads for menarche-education booklets:
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(Kotex, 1933), Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey),
Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and
German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1970s)
And read Lynn Peril's series about these
and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog)
- Lee Miller ads (first real person in amenstrual
hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here
to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s,
booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing
disposal method - box
from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?"
ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page
 
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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH - 1996
 Tampax Sees MUM
Dr. Iris Prager, North American Education Manager for
Tampax, toured the museum in December with her son and a member of the Tambrands
advertising staff.
She mentioned that Tampax would shortly have "lighter"
ads in the United States. Europeans have used this lighter approach toward
menstruation for years, but Americans, she said, have seemed to require
a more sober mood in the advertising.
Dr. Prager noticed a Seventeen magazine ad on display
in MUM for a Tampax film (Who Am I Now?). She had designed the ad, and her
son Mark had played a part in the film!
Among many other topics discussed was the possibility
that Tambrands could give MUM copies of ads, films and maybe even an old
Tampax dispenser sitting unused in their headquarters. MUM gave Dr. Prager
a fax (it's written lowercase) tampon, perhaps the earliest
commercial tampon ever made, and instructions for its use (which said
it could be worn up to 24 hours!).
Social and Other Notes From All Over
An Indonesian journalist called to get information about MUM for the Sunday
edition of his newspaper.
Santa Monica Press
in California will publish a book at the end of January about unusual museums.
One page covers this museum, the third
book to do so.
An Australian photographer and her American husband paid
a visit to make photos for an item in the Australian publication People Today.
Here's One for the Keeper!
Well, I just finished writing to the wonderful creators
of the Keeper to let them know that I think it's GREAT!!!
Yes, it does take some practice... don't you remember
inserting your first tampon? Instructions in one hand . . . tampon in the
other . . . a mix of emotions ranging from excitement to fear . . . well,
it may be something along the same lines.
The Keeper is an excellent alternative to through-away
products that are widely used . . . and although it may not be used in great
numbers, I wouldn't hesitate to say that control over women's bodies and
lack of education is based on corporate interest, after all . . . isn't
that how it works for everything else?
If you have any more questions feel free to write to me
at NM_BINI@ALCOR.CONCORDIA.CA and remember . . . there's nothing eeeeuuuuuhhhh!
about menstruation . . . after all, it`s your body, get used to it!
MUM Strutted Her Stuff on Comedy Central TV
Beth Littleford of Comedy
Central interviewed MUM founder Harry Finley on the Monday, 9 December,
television broadcast, and showed viewers bits and pieces of MUM. She did
a good job! Sure, she played it for laughs, but that's the way most people
deal with menstruation, especially in public.
ComCentral started off asking folks embarrassing questions
about the subject in the street in Washington, D.C., then sped into your
revered MUM. It showed - quickly - some of the exhibits, and finished off
by saying that my love life is over. Hey, you can't have everything!
This was the first time American television has shown
the museum. Three foreign TV shows have visited MUM, and a Canadian
show will give viewers a peek next March.
Did anyone notice in the Monday promo on the Comedy Central
Web page the clever use of a common word for menstruation ? It was "friend."
MUM Looks for Additions
Do you have or know of items which belong in the Museum
of Menstruation? These can be articles, books, ads, actual products (but
unused!), packaging, pictures or silly, kitschy things - and anecdotes or
reports from any culture. Actually ANYTHING concerning menstruation in any
culture, however humble, is a welcome addition to the museum and archive.
Scholars and the public from around the world look to the museum as a source
for cultural information about menstruation, and you can help them!
The museum is expanding its collection, and is seeking a completely public
place for its exhibits and archive - and future cafe, shop and meeting and
lecture halls.
Being considered also is a unique display of the history of women's health,
an expansion of the concept of the museum.
© 1996 Harry Finley. It is illegal
to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium
without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations
to hfinley@mum.org
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See Tampax tampons (1970, with Susan Dey), Personal Products (1955, with Carol Lynley), and
German o.b. tampons (lower ad, 1981) See a Lucky Strike cigarettes ad from 1933.
See ads for menarche-education booklets:
Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday
(Kotex, 1933),
See also the booklets How
shall I tell my daughter? (Modess, various dates), Growing
up and liking it (Modess, various dates),
and Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1928).
And read Lynn Peril's series about these and
similar booklets!
See another ad for As One Girl to Another (1942),
and the booklet itself.
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