See other marketing devices: B-ettes tampon counter-display box and proposal to dealers, with contract; (U.S.A., donated by Procter & Gamble, 2001); "Your Image is Your Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for stores, 1967 (U.S.A., donated by Tambrands, 1997) See a similar examination sheet for the patent medicine Cardui. See Cardui patent medicine, Dr. Pierce's empire, and Lydia Pinkham's Compound Other amazing women: Nellie Bly, Lydia Pinkham, Dr. Marie Stopes See Cardui patent medicine, Lydia Pinkham's Compound, Dr. Pierce's medicine and Orange Blossum medicine. Historical remedies for menstrual period pain and problems. See more remedies here. See modern home remedies here. Handwritten Pinkham letter to a sick woman, Typed letter to a Canadian (1918), Ad from the Salt Lake Weekly Herald (1881) for Mrs. Pinkham, trade cards (flowers, girl with cat), post card of Stanford University, a bottle for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, mending kit, booklet Stretching Your Dollar, bottles for her Blood Medicine and (just plain) Medicine, Home Talks, Private Text-Book Upon Ailments Peculiar to Women, Fruits and Candies booklet, and a modern bottle, box and instructions for her Tablets. A discussion of the letter testimonials, and their authenticity, of the Pinkham company (in a discussion of a Pursettes ad with a letter testimonial) See two letters to MUM about the ingredients of her Compound, and one about the lyrics of an English pop song, Lily the Pink, about her. Other amazing women: Nelli Bly, Dr. Marie Stopes, Dr. Grace Feder Thompson 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. The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health Ad-writing contest for menstrual pads, United Kingdom, 1990 A runner up The English magazine Company sponsored a contest to write an advertisement for Dr White's Shapes, - the abbreviation for doctor gets no punctuation in British English - a menstrual pad. In July 1990 it published the results; below is a runner up. See the page showing the best four submissions, including the one below. Return to the first page, How to write an ad for menstrual hygiene, which discusses contest conditions, etc. Long down-load time! Return to the first page, How to write an ad for menstrual hygiene, See B-ettes tampon counter-display box and proposal to dealers - "Your Image is Your Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for stores, © 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to [email protected]