Amolin, The Personal Deodorant Powder - Ria panty pads (German) - Zero-Jel vaginal cream - see three pamphlets (Facts About Menstruation that every Woman should know, 1936; As One Girl to Another, 1940; "You're a young lady now," 1952) that recommended Quest
What causes the characteristic odor of menstruation? You won't like the answer.
Liasan (1) ad - Liasan (2) ad - Lysol 1948 ad - Marvel 1926 ad - Midol 1938 ad - o.b. 1989 ad - Pristeen 1969 ad - Sterizol 1926 ad - Fresca douche powder (can)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special for you! - the American fax tampon, from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.

MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION AND PRODUCTS
The first Tampax
Tampon directory.
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Words and expressions about menstruation |
Would you stop menstruating if you could? |
What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
Washable pads |
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

Quest menstrual pad deodorant
Probable insert in a box of Kotex
Early 1940s
Black & white
Kimberly-Clark, U.S.A.

Kotex, deodorant, women, health, Kimberly-Clark, menstruation
sanitary napkin, menstrual pad

Women sprinkled Quest powder on menstrual pads to kill the odor; people have charged menstrual odor and menses with crime for millenia. Quest ads appeared for decades in American magazines.

Another company made Amolin for the same purpose.

Douching helped destroy odor but also destroyed sperm, often its main purpose.
Sponges carried spermicides into vaginas. The Pill came later.

Another ad, one for the girls' menstruation booklet As One Girl To Another, occupies the other side of this probable package insert (for a Kotex box?).

See cans of Amolin and more ads.

What causes the characteristic odor of menstruation? You won't like the answer.

I thank the generous donor!
Below: But there are things a woman CAN tell her husband:
"PLEASE STOP WEARING YOUR BOW TIE AND SHOES IN BED!
OK, now what did you want to tell me?"

Below: Note the raised eyebrow.





Above: Irving Nurick illustrated many ads for Kotex and other companies from the 1940s through the 1950s, including the funny "Are you in the know?" series for teenage girls and many evocative ads during World War II.

(More ads for teens from several countries.)
End | See a similar, an even more upsetting ad for Lysol - yes, Lysol.
Amolin, The Personal Deodorant Powder - Ria panty pads (German) - Zero-Jel vaginal cream - see three pamphlets (Facts About Menstruation that every Woman should know, 1936; As One Girl to Another, 1940; "You're a young lady now," 1952) that recommended Quest
What causes the characteristic odor of menstruation? You won't like the answer.
Douching: Liasan (1) ad - Liasan (2) ad - Lysol 1948 ad - Marvel 1926 ad - Midol 1938 ad - o.b. 1989 ad - Pristeen 1969 ad - Sterizol 1926 ad - Fresca douche powder (can)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special for you! - the American fax tampon, from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
The first Tampax - Tampon directory.

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