See Kotex's first successful tampon,
Fibs; early Kotex
tampon attempts;
and an early Tampax.
Procter & Gamble tampons
from the 1970s: Trust,
Rely.
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Daints menstrual tampons
(1930s? U.S.A.)
Menstruation is often not the
daintiest condition, which
explains the efforts of the
menstrual products industry to
make it sound so (see the Daintette
menstrual cup and many ads using
the word). Letting other people
detect your period through odor or
appearance (thus Secret)
is a major
social stumble - or
flat-on-your-face fall. Thus the
name of this tampon. The "Woman of
Charm" on the box is not a good
example since the odor-containing
vase of a dress would conceal both
a large 1930s
menstrual pad and its smell,
at least for a while - but I
suppose she shows that a woman in
a fancy dress is willing to use
the company's tampon.
Daints probably came about in
the 1930s if the text is to be
believed (as usual with most early
tampons, there are no patent
numbers; Tampax was an exception).
The instructions
include "Before the development of
Daints, internal protection was
sometimes incomplete and greater
in cost. Today Daints gives you
complete internal protection for
complete period at less cost than
ordinary napkins." The first
sentence seems to say other
tampons existed but were sometimes
inadequate; the second seems to
compare itself with menstrual pads
unless it's using napkins in the
sense of internal
sanitary napkins that text
on early tampon boxes and in ads
often used.
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the boxes and contents
as part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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