See the 1966 version.
More Tampax booklets: "Accent on you . . ." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit, 2001, in 3 languages: English. Booklet, pads & tampons
Trousse de l'�tudiante French
Estuche de Aprendizaje Spanish
See a FAKE Tampax from Turkey.
Tampax Junior tampons, late 1930s-1940s
Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936
See a French and American Tampax from 1938
Tampax "Educational Material on Menstruation," 1966
See a very early Tampax ad (1936) - a very early Tampax box and contents - more early commercial tampons
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos
See early tampons and a list of tampons on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
HOMEPAGE
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? |
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 |
Religi�n y menstruaci�n |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruaci�n |
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 versi�n en espa�ol de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepci�n y religi�n, Breve rese�a - Olor - Religi�n y menstruaci�n - Seguridad de productos para la menstruaci�n.

 

Tampax menstrual tampons educational booklet,
"
it's time you knew . . . all about menstruation,"
By Mary McGee Williams
No date, U.S.A.
Whole black & white booklet, slick paper
Back and front covers

This is a different, undated version of the Tampax booklet, or pamphlet, with a copyright of 1966 but with a calendar for 1970. The uncertainty of time eerily reflects the frequent uncertainty of menstrual periods. Time itself mocks the viewer of the cover, below. Wow, I'm waning literary.

The text reflects the American attitudes of the 1960s and 1970s. What else could it do?

Good reading!

More Tampax booklets: "Accent on you . . ." (1980) (1970-80s?)
Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.)
Tampax Satin Learner's Kit, 2001, in 3 languages: English. Booklet, pads & tampons, Trousse de l'�tudiante French, Estuche de Aprendizaje Spanish
I thank the donor!

Below: Back and front covers.
Each page measures 3 15/16 x 9 1/8" (c. 10 x 23 cm).
The theme is the passage of time: the pentagonal dodecahedron with 12 equal faces allows one month per face; the woman's watch of the era; the title; and of course menstruation itself, which the last text on the back cover (at left) explains as related to "month." Someone thought this through.

NEXT | (pages not numbered) 2-3 - 4-5 - 6-7 - 8-9 - 10-11 - 12-13 - 14-15
Compare the 1966 version.
See Getting to Know Yourself (complete booklet, 1962, Pursettes lubricated tampons, U.S.A.), a FAKE Tampax from Turkey & Tampax Satin Learner's Kit (for menstruation), 2001, in 3 languages
Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936 - See a French and American Tampax from 1938
Tampax "Educational Material on Menstruation,"
1966

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