I'm talking like, christopher columbus and pilgrim chicks. Did they have tampons?
Im taking a comical approach to this, but I am curious.
2006-11-20 16:50:08 · 10 answers · asked by Snolan860 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Well, it really wasn't until the invention of 'the pill' that women could control their periods and supress menstration but, you're talking about sanitary products. Back in the day, they would use rags. Later came the invention of the washable pad and then the disposable ones we know today. Check out some vintage videos about 'growing up' from the 50s. They had an awful contraption.
2006-11-20 16:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Control" of periods as you put it didn't come about until the invention of the birth control pill in the 1960's. The sanitary pad as we know it arrived in the mid 1900's, and the tampon came about during WW2 and was invented by nurses. Prior to that women typically used rags which they sewed into pads and washed after use. The original sanitary pads were simply variations of this, and were held in place by a tail which secured to a belt worn around the waist. These type pads are still routinely used in hospitals for women who have just given birth, other than that I don't believe you would find them anywhere anymore. The stick-on sanitary pad was a development of the 1970's, and I think Stay-Free were the first. Until then women wore either a sanitary belt or sanitary panties, or some wore tampons. There were originally no "sizes" of tampons, and there was a common misconception that only married (meaning non-virginal) women could use them safely. I'm sure you could do a web search and find out all the information you never really wanted to know, but those are the basic facts. By the way, did't you ever wonder why it was referred to as being on the rag? Nobody says on the tampon, or on the sanitary pad- even after all this time. Though now of course, we can be on the pill, patch or shot as well.
2006-11-21 01:03:24 · answer #2 · answered by The mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tampons are a pretty modern invention.
Tribal Cultures put women in a separate space when they were "on thier moon", they were considered contaminated when bleeding.
Other cultures figured out ways to make things like pads, they were made of fabric and had to be belted on to panties. Not that long ago you still saw ads for "beltless pads" as if most were still belted. Icky!
They also had things that resembled the modern "diva cup", which is the most environmentally intelligent choice. Though in the past, they were made out of different material.
Blessings,
Rani
2006-11-21 00:58:49 · answer #3 · answered by yogarani108 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Strips of cotton made from scraps of material left over from making the family's clothes. These were washed and reused. I read a book about a woman who would only use rolls of silk and they too were washed and reused.
2006-11-21 01:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by lona b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used rags that had been folded up and put them in their panties. I also learned that they used wool tampons, ouch!
2006-11-21 02:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by Manx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
old cloth thats where the term on the rag came from
2006-11-21 01:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably some type of pad, rather than a tampon.
2006-11-21 00:52:12 · answer #7 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wore rags.
2006-11-21 00:53:23 · answer #8 · answered by Nancy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And we're supposed to know the answer to that right?
2006-11-21 00:55:01 · answer #9 · answered by tantalizin1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rags
2006-11-21 00:56:04 · answer #10 · answered by blahblahblah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋