Select digitized items from the exhibition, Consuming Women’s Healthcare, on display from October 30, 2024 to March 29, 2025.
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Dimenformon tablets promotional blotter
- 1940s
Blue card with image of a prescription for "Dimenformon Tablets," promoting Dimenformon Benzoate (alpha-estradiol benzoate) for the treatment of symptoms in menopausal patients.
Paper blotters were a popular form of…
- Creator Of Work Roche-Organon, Inc.
- Subject Menopause, Menopause--Hormone therapy, Women--Health and hygiene, Estradiol benzoate, Roche-Organon, Inc.
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Dimenformon injections promotional blotter
- 1940s
Blue card with image of a prescription for "Dimenformon Benzoate" and a black syringe, promoting Dimenformon Benzoate (alpha-estradiol benzoate) injections for the treatment of symptoms in menopausal patients.
Paper…
- Creator Of Work Roche-Organon, Inc.
- Subject Menopause, Menopause--Hormone therapy, Women--Health and hygiene, Estradiol benzoate, Roche-Organon, Inc.
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6 items
Ecoblossom menstrual cup
- Reusable menstrual cup
- 2021
The Ecoblossom menstrual cup is a reusable, washable silicone cup intended to provide an environmentally-responsible alternative to single-use cotton tampons and sanitary pads.
The product consists of two silicone…
- Manufacturer Ecoblossom
- Subject Menstrual products, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstruation
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Kotex sanitary pad advertisement, 1922
- It Forms New Sanitary Habits Among Women
- 1922
Kotex sanitary pad advertisement from a November 1922 issue of Ladies' Home Journal. The ad asserts that disposable Kotex pads are inexpensive, comfortable, hygienic, and safe.
Kotex ("cotton texture") disposable pads…
- Creator Of Work Cellucotton Products Company
- Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Menstruation, Menstrual products, Sanitary napkins, Advertising, Cellucotton Products Company
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Kotex sanitary pad advertisement, 1926
- This is Ending Women's Greatest Hygienic Mistake
- 1926-Nov-01
Kotex sanitary pad advertisement from November 1, 1926 issue of an unidentified magazine. The ad, purportedly the words of "Ellen Buckland, Registered Nurse," emphasizes the "scientific" aspects of Kotex pads. It boasts…
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Premarin advertisement
- 1990s
Advertisement for Premarin (conjugated estrogen), Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories' hormone therapy product for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. The ad features an image of a woman walking dogs on the beach. The text…
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2 items
Chi-Ches-Ters Menstrual Pain Relief Tablets
- 1900s
Container of "Chi-Ches-ters" menstrual pain relief tablets, manufactured by Chichester Chemical Co.
Chichester Chemical Co. also manufactured "Pennyroyal Pills," which were marketed with language that subtly indicated…
- Manufacturer Chichester Chemical Co.
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstrual products
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2 items
Kotex Wonderform belt
- 1960s
Kotex Wonderform belt in a purple cardboard box with a cut-out window displaying a white belt against a gold background.
Sanitary belts such as the Kotex Wonderform belt were most commonly worn for menstruation between…
- Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Subject Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Menstrual products, Menstruation, Women--Health and hygiene
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5 items
Rely tampons
- 1975
Free sample box of Rely Tampons wrapped in light blue wrapping paper with white Procter and Gamble logo. Rely Tampons were made by Procter & Gamble from 1975 to 1980.
- Manufacturer Procter & Gamble Company
- Subject Tampons, Women--Health and hygiene, Procter & Gamble Company, Menstrual products, Menstruation
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Kotex sanitary belt advertisement
- 1957
1957 advertisement for a Kotex sanitary belt. The ad boasts that the belt has unbreakable clasps that won't dig into the skin compared to metal clasps.
- Creator Of Work Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Subject Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Menstrual products, Menstruation, Women--Health and hygiene, Women in advertising, Advertising
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Rely tampons advertisement
- 1980
1980 advertisement for Rely Tampons.
- Creator Of Work Procter & Gamble Company
- Subject Tampons, Procter & Gamble Company, Women--Health and hygiene, Advertising, Menstrual products, Menstruation
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Lysol advertisement
- One Neglect Than Can Be Stronger Than Love ...
- 1949
1949 advertisement for Lysol, with the slogan For complete Feminine Hygiene rely on...
"Lysol." The ad suggests that women should use Lysol as a vaginal douche to keep themselves clean and desirable for their husbands.…
