Pursettes tampon panty, 1968 (U.S.A.)
Bags from around the world for disposing of used pads
Belts for menstrual pads
Dispensers for menstrual pads
Panties (underpants) for holding menstrual pads
Powder for menstrual pads: Amolin, Quest
Sanitary apron, U.S.A., 1914 Sears, Roebuck catalog. MUM director Harry Finley commissioed Dr. Ann Wass to reconstruct it for the physical museum.
Suspenders for pads
Pad, towel, napkin directory
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos
HOMEPAGE
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? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
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, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
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 |
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.

Sanshe's Sanitary Shields for sanitary [menstrual] napkins, U.S.A., 1940s-1950s?

Menstruation, period, stains, clothing, underpants, protection, hygiene, belts, pad directory

Introduction

See various underpants and panties (and sanitary napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, U.S.A.)

Below: Flip open the folder and you find the shield - a bit worse for
age. Strangely, the envelope opens from the left.

NEXT | package - shield
Pursettes tampon panty, 1968 (U.S.A.) - Bags from around the world for disposing of used pads - Belts for menstrual pads - Dispensers for menstrual pads
Panties (underpants) for holding menstrual pads - Powder for menstrual pads: Amolin, Quest
Sanitary apron, U.S.A., 1914 Sears, Roebuck catalog. MUM director Harry Finley commissioed Dr. Ann Wass to reconstruct it for the physical museum. - Suspenders for pads - Pad, towel, napkin directory
 

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