See San-Nap-Pak sanitary napkin ads from 1932 and 1945 and Ads for teenagers. See the roughly contemporary Cashay and Dale tampons, and very early Tampax and fax. See a 1965 ad for a Pursettes school educational kit - Pursettes Getting to Know Yourself booklet for girls - other teaching booklets: Growing Up and Liking It and How Shall I Tell My Daughter? Early commercial tampons - main page for ads for teens - see the actual Pursette tampon, box and tote - see more ads for Pursettes: Seventeen magazine, July 1972 (letter testimonial) - 'Teen magazine (cartoon story) - Seventeen, October 1974 (cartoon story) - Seventeen, February 1974 - Seventeen (letter testimonial), September 1972 - Seventeen (letter testimonial), August 1973 - 1975 (cartoon story) See a 1965 ad for a Pursettes school educational kit - Pursettes Getting to Know Yourself booklet for girls - other teaching booklets: Growing Up and Liking It and How Shall I Tell My Daughter? DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Pursettes menstrual tampon ad, August 1974 This is one of a series of cartoon ads for a tampon aimed at the teen market, Pursettes. Note the white pants, and also that Fred, in the second-to-last panel, is looking right at the area where something better not happen! You can hear it now: "Hey Kathy, did you cut yourself or somethin'? You're bleedin' on your hiney!" Fred didn't get to see that film they showed girls in the sixth grade. Actually, it's hard to believe the ad is so direct about this, but this was the 1970s. Most viewers will also hope that Cathy does not use her lipstick for a tampon, or vice versa! See the actual compact mentioned at the end of the ad and a real box of Pursettes and the tampon itself. See two more cartoon Pursettes ads: February 1974 and October 1974. END box - folder See San-Nap-Pak sanitary napkin ads from 1932 and 1945 and Ads for teenagers. Actual Pursettes tampon - underpants directory - tampon directory - early commercial tampons - ads for teens © 1998 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org