Famous women in menstrual hygiene advertising: Carol Lynley - Lee Miller - Mary Lou Retton - Cathy Rigby - Cheryl Tiegs - Brenda Vaccaro See also advertising for teenagers. Menstrual pad suspenders! See how a woman wore a belt in a Dutch ad. See a classy 1920s ad for a belt and the first ad (1891) MUM has for a belt. See how women wore a belt (and in a Swedish ad). See a modern belt for a washable pad and a page from the 1946-47 Sears catalog showing a great variety. More ads for napkin belts: Sears, 1928 - modern belts - modern washable - Modess, 1960s Actual belts in the museum More ads for napkin belts: Sears, 1928 - modern belts - modern washable - Modess, 1960s Actual belts in the museum See the Kotex stick tampon. See also a Saba Ad, Pursettes ad, Kotex "Are you in the know?" ads (1949)(1953)(1964), Ads for Teens, and some older Kotex ads And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special for you! - the American fax tampon, from the early 1930s, which also came in bags. See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates). CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | 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. Olympic Gymnast Cathy Rigby and Stayfree menstrual pads, 1983, U.S.A., magazine unknown Read a general discussion of Cathy Rigby and Stayfree. Cathy Rigby acts as a company spokeswoman - see a less cropped photo - rather than as the center of attention. She's now gained the trust of her viewers. Soon she'll appear as Peter Pan. Below: The ad (not the page) measures 4 x 11" (10.2 x 27.9 cm). Stimulate your gossip thirst with the snippet of the scandalous Sunny & Claus von Bülow story in the left column. NEXT: Stayfree ad Listen to Ms. Rigby promote Stayfree on the radio in 1982 (scroll down to right above the ad). NEXT famous woman - Susan Dey - Carol Lynley - Lee Miller - Mary Lou Retton - Cheryl Tiegs - Brenda Vaccaro © 2013 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