Leona Chalmer's 1937 book with a drawing of a cup.
And read comments from people who have used a
cup.
Do cups cause
endometriosis? Not enough evidence, says the FDA.
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A History of the
Menstrual Cup (continued)
10 shares of Tassette
stock for the Tassaway menstrual cup
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Right before the company failed,
in 1972, the donor of this
certificate bought ten shares in
Tassette, Inc., a fatally flawed
menstrual cup (more about cups). Ms.
Jupiter writes,
In 1971 I was so excited about
Tassettes that I bought 10 shares
of Tassette, Inc.
Suspicions
of fraud involving shares in the
company surfaced. Tassette,
Inc., reported selling thousands of
Tassaways, but not nearly enough to
justify the high value of each
share.
On July 17, 1972, a federal judge
in Los Angeles issued an order
permanently enjoining Robert Oreck
and Tassette, Inc., from violating
the registration provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the
anti-fraud provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Interestingly enough, apparently
women could still buy the cup in The
Netherlands in 1972 and 1973, as
these ads here
and here
show. (More ads: 1971 and 1972, and
instructions
for use of the cup.)
But the menstrual cup survived,
first as The
Keeper, later in other forms
that I'll add to the site.
I thank Linda Jupiter for
donating her stock certificate!
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If the name name of the president of
Tassette - Oreck - looks familiar
(bottom right), it is. I pass an
office of the vacuum-cleaner company
that carries his brother's name every
time I buy cat food.
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Above:
The Spirit of the Menstrual Cup
telling her men how to make it?
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Below:
This appears on the reverse side of
the certificate.
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