What did women use for menstruation?
Hello, I stumbled upon your Web site while looking for information on Laura Klosterman Kidd [who wrote an important Ph.D. dissertation on menstrual technology in the U.S.A. Read a little about it.]. What a great find! I am researching menstruation during the American Civil War era – 1850s to 1870. I would like to know if you can help me with anything specific to that time period regarding products, ads, beliefs, insanity, surgery, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, I replied with what little information I had, including that it’s possible many American, and other, women used nothing, bleeding into their clothing. Read a discussion of this. Hi, Harry, Thanks for your reply. I have been reading medical books from the mid-19th century. Though they do mention the menstrual cycle and on occasion suggest to the lady how to care for herself at this time, there is no mention of what she is supposed to use to protect her clothing! [It’s one of the fascinating omissions in women
