Kotex sanitary napkins history book

The origin if we trail back to history, we will see that women have used a variety of menstrual protection, over the years. Dr lauren rosewarne is a senior lecturer at the university of melbourne. I started writing this book because i was so fascinated by how we. During world war i the material in kotex sanitary napkins was first used, seeing as its made from processed wood, kotex is twice as absorbent as cotton at half the cost. This vintage ad would look great framed and displayed. The national association of broadcasters lifted its ban on television advertising of sanitary napkins, tampons, and douches. Kotex sanitary napkins were launched in the 1920s to make use of. When and how did they become a readily available product. These sanitary napkins are lotionfree and fragrancefree. Kotex caught on and acquired leftover cellulose from the war to introduce a new, highlyabsorbent disposable sanitary napkin. Now you are kotex menarche booklet at the museum of menstruation and womens health. Kotex, a kimberlyclarks feminine care brand trusted by millions of women in more than 100 countries.

Feminine hygiene products stephanies maxihistory part 3 posted by stephanie lehmann. In honor of womens history month, we wanted to take a look back at the history of sanitary napkins and tampons. Why do most women choose sanitary pads over tampons. Most women in history would not recognize the pads and tampons we use, which. According to the book, everything you must know about tampons 1981, tampons have been around for centuries. But it was the first to get a hardwon advertising campaign, which began in 1921. Gone are the days of bulky belts and diaperlike thickness. When i was almost 9 and going through puberty, my mom gave me this book.

During the 1930s executives also learned from their mistakes, notably the debilitating price war in sanitary napkins, return. Immediately upon hire, kimberlyclarks first marketing agency charles f. The advances of the 1920s and 1930s still impact our lives, as sanitary napkins, tampons, and cups remain go. I was listing some pages from a 1924 home health book on etsy this week, and put aside a few to offer up here for use as clip art. With a longstanding brand heritage of more than 90 years, kotex continues to drive growth through strong product innovation today. In actual fact, no two periods are exactly the same. Kotex companys sanitary napkins, belts, and aprons sanitary goods week boy did that belt kill to wear it. They have employed such aids as sponges, tampons, and rags, inserting them into the vagina, putting them into pouches, attaching them to belts, or even tying them around. On medium to heavy flow days, consider the kotex natural balance regular maxi pads your new best friend. Decades before two of her children wrote that book, gilbreth. Just like listers towels, these napkins were disposable but not selfadhesive. And kotex, the first commercially available pad, was decried as too. A longrunning series of cartoonstyle ads for kotex sanitary napkins alerted me to the impressive.

The dirt on clean in an oversanitized world in her new book, the dirt on clean. Ahhhhhhh so, let us take a look at the history of the sanitary napkin, from modess to kotex and stayfree and beyond. The resulting product was first marketed as cellunap, a contraction of cellucotton napkins. Sanitary napkins and menstrual pads of the past and present. How the boll weevil and world war i led to the acceptance of disposable sanitary pads. That meant you had to attach the pad to a sanitary belt with hooks or safety pins.

The surprising origins of kotex pads innovation smithsonian. A glimpse at womens periods in the roaring twenties jstor daily. Feminine hygiene products stephanies maxihistory part. Kotexs major competitor in a field of literally hundreds of sanitary pad manufacturers. A sanitary napkin is a form of a porous item that has the capability of soaking the flow of blood. The belted sanitary napkin quickly disappeared during the early 1980s, thank goodness. After the war, kimberlyclark developed cellucotton into kotex, introducing the product in 1920.

Always radiant feminine pads for women, size 2, heavy flow absorbency, with flexfoam wings, light clean scent, 26 count pack of 3 78 total count artwork may vary 252. The caption for this ad is introducing beltless kotex maxi pads for heavy days the ad is in great condition. Take a bizarre look back at period products used throughout history. Bullough throughout history women have used different methods for dealing with menstrual discharge. The surprising origins of kotex pads before the first disposable sanitary napkin hit the mass market, periods were thought of in a much different way cellucotton, the material used to make kotex. From superinformative articles to real answers from three perspectives a peer, a mom, and a health expert youll find everything you need to know about periods.

Sanitary napkins and menstrual pads of the past and. As lara freidenfelds relates in her book the modern period, advertisements for kotex appeared in ladies home journal once its editors secretary declared the ads to be in good taste and of great benefit to women. In 1926 montgomery ward advertised kotex in its catalogue and millions of women began to use and accept sanitary napkins as a way of life. Kimberlyclark, which started to market sanitary napkins in 1919, provided a remedy with the artificial word kotex a combination of cotton and texture and inserted it into the consumer lexicon with a multimilliondollar. Dmi sanitary belts with adjustable hook and eye closure, 22 to 42 inches, white, 6 dozen. Kotex is a brand of feminine hygiene products, which includes the kotex maxi, thin and ultra thin pads, the security tampons, and the lightdays pantiliners. It was created by kotex company in it was very helpful to a young girl. Hence, menstruating women wear them during their periods. What did women do before disposable menstrual pads. Solving womans oldest hygienic problem in a new way. Everybody is different so please make sure to consult your physician if youre having issues. I wore an oldfashioned sanitary belt for my entire period, and here are the gory details. Disposable feminine sanitary pads story kotex pads were kcs first consumer product, and they were nothing short of. Nichols company suggested changing the name to kotex, short for cotton textile.

When was the material in kotex sanitary napkins first used. The surprising origins of kotex pads before the first disposable sanitary napkin hit the mass market, periods were thought of in a much different way. With the invention of more absorbent materials and better designs. I wore an oldfashioned sanitary belt for my entire period.

Stop using commercial tampons and sanitary napkins. The first work was done in a small wooden shed in neenah, wisconsin with female workers doing making of the napkins by hand. Kleenex, trademarked in 1925, contributed heavily to the firms preeminence in consumer nondurables. Each pad is individually folded in an easyopen wrapper with four colorful designs. Kotex is owned and managed by kimberlyclark, a consumer products corporation active in more than 80 countries. Kotex caught on and acquired leftover cellulose from the war to. Whereas now you can grab a pad or tampon and go, women in the. A longrunning series of cartoonstyle ads for kotex sanitary napkins alerted me to the impressive horrors of menstrual blood, which apparently could announce its presence to an entire high school.

In the book, authors elissa stein and susan kim also recount how women. An unsanitized history, katherine ashenburg looks at the fascinating history of cleanliness or the lack. Cellucotton, the material used to make kotex sanitary pads, was used in. The company asked gilbreths firm to analyze market and consumer data related to menstrual products and the use of sanitary napkins. Vintage kotex feminine napkins search these are in open box. Kotex feminine sanitary napkins for sale in stock ebay. Very little is known about pre20th century methods, but. The museum of menstruation, located on the suburbs of washington dc, offers some interesting insights. Kimberleyclarks new invention, the sanitary napkins, were branded kotex which stood for cotton texture and became available to the public october of. Over the last twenty years, the sanitary pad industry has advanced by leaps and bounds. By the 1930s, less than ten years after launching its kotex campaigns, sanitary napkins were considered basic necessities of life p. For a nighttime period pad solution, check out u by kotex allnighter ultra thin overnight pads with wings.

Most recently, the company has added u by kotex to its line of feminine hygiene products. Inventions that flourished thanks to wwi war history online. A brief history of pads and tampons maxim hygiene blog. They are an undeniable part of music history but i always thought of them as a joke. The british did a mini series called 1900 house, where a typical modern family was sent back in time to a house made up to have all the modern conveniences of a 1900s home. During world war i the material in kotex sanitary napkins was. Continued from part 2 stephanies minihistory of feminine hygiene products. I started writing this book because i was so fascinated by how we got to this negative. A sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, or pad is an absorbent item worn in the underwear by women and girls who are menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina. If you are looking for a specific antique item please email as i. Known as sanitary pads, sanitary towels or maxi pads, sanitary napkins form an important part of the gynecological hygiene of every woman. This message about sanitary napkins and tampons would have been appropriate to hear from a woman.

Get the best deals on kotex feminine sanitary napkins and stay healthy at home while you shop our large selection of health care products. One of kotexs marketing innovations was meant to help women avoid the embarrassment of asking a male clerk for the product. A sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, or pad is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina. But what did people use before the era of special undies, tampons, pads, and cups. If you thought tampons were a pain, wait until you see what women used in the 1920s. The history of the sanitary pad femme international. In 1914 this then conservative supplier of paper developed an absorbent wadding from processed wood and dubbed it cellucotton. Kotex is a brand of feminine hygiene products, which includes the kotex maxi, thin and ultra thin pads, the security tampons. Using rags and then kotex with the belt, i mean it could only have been hell. These pads are more absorbent than the regular ultra thin maxis thanks to their duallayer core. This inspired the first cellulose kotex sanitary napkin, made from surplus highabsorption. As a chinese olympic swimmer talks publicly about periods, one expert asks.