See some covers
of How shall I tell my daughter? and
an excerpt from the 1969
edition.
Marjorie May, three booklets, 1935 main page
See a Kotex ad
advertising this booklet.
See Kotex items: First ad
(1921; scroll to bottom of page) - ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck
catalog) - Lee
Miller ads (first real person in a
menstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth
Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928,
Australian edition; there are many links
here to Kotex items) - Preparing for
Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls;
Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in
Spanish showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - "Are you in the
know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
See more ads on the Ads
for Teenagers main page
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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Sally and
Mary and Kate Wondered . . .
Puberty and menstruation booklet,
Modess. 1956, U.S.A.
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Personal Products Company, which
made Modess menstrual sanitary
pads and belts, also published
booklets explaining menstruation
and puberty for girls and their
parents, as did other companies,
such as Kimberly-Clark (Kotex;
sample booklets here) and
Tampax tampons (here).
This booklet is short and
elementary and seems almost
written to be read to really
young girls.
See ads
for menarche-education booklets: Marjorie
May's Twelfth Birthday
(Kotex, 1933), Tampax
tampons (1970, with Susan Dey) and
German o.b.
tampons (lower ad, 1981).
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Below:
The back cover is at left, the
front at the right. Each page
measures 5.5 x 7" (c. 14 x 17.5
cm).
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