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Zimbabwe
women suffer beatings over
mistaken origin of disease caused by
inadequate menstrual protection
"Over 500 000 sanitary products have been
collected to help desperate women in
Zimbabwe forced to use newspapers and rags
as substitutes." (More)
"Life as
a Bleeding Woman," essay by
Jennifer Gardner
Modess "Sanitary
Panty-kini," 1960s-1970s
Take a university SURVEY
on women's issues (letter follows)
Some of my independent research
students have undertaken a survey research
study on women's issues. They have created an
online questionnaire which should take
approximately an hour (usually less) to
complete. We welcome all participants [men
too].
Go to: http://www.ff5umw.com/Comm.html
You will be asked to enter
your e-mail address, and a new web link
containing a unique password will then be
sent to your e-mail address so that you may
access the survey.
All
those completing the survey will be
entered in a drawing to win a $50.00 gift
certificate to Target. One out of every 50
participants will be a winner.
Please help these students
contribute to the literature on the
psychology of women and women's issues. They
need a large sample for their planned
analyses, so your help would be greatly
appreciated.
Mindy J. Erchull, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
HELP!!
Australian museum seeks items for show!
We are looking for items
related to menstruation (advertising,
educational materials, paraphernalia and
packaging) for research and museum display
in an Australian university. We are
particularly interested in Australian historical
items, but we would be glad to
receive anything that any of the readers of
MUM would be able to give to us. After
display, the items would be stored in the
museum for others to be able to learn from,
and to preserve them for future generations.
Please contact Kate and Christine via email
at kaylans@gmail.com
if you can possibly help, and we can give
you further details and discuss anything
that you would like to know more about.
Thank you, Kate and Christine
Stayfree panty pads
(above, right) makes the stick-in-panties
breakthrough (here, in a
Dutch ad), banish suddenly old-fashioned
menstrual belt, in ads from 1972 & 1973
Another early Dutch ad for a
menstrual cup.
Europeans could buy an American
menstrual cup in the 1970s:
Dutch ad for Tassaway,
1972
Tampax Bulletins,
(above), early 1950s, for answering frequent
questions.
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