deal with their period if they didn't have pads or tampons?
2007-11-10 19:43:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
They used rags. It depends how old you're talking. I know in about 1920, they had really old school sanitary pads, and i also know african women long ago put rolled up rags up there.
http://www.planetrx.com/library/articles/index.cfm/ID/25076
this has all the grimy details.
btw, strange but interesting question. I will give you stars in return for best answer..?
2007-11-10 19:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wow! Am I psychic? Before the page opened and displayed your question, I was thinking that this would be the question.
Anyway, where I live, they used cloth.
So, they probably had to change a lot! Haha!
What about asking your grandmother or something?
I wonder when pads were invented lol
2007-11-10 19:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by ohhcharm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term on the rag came from women using old rags to sop up the blood.
2007-11-10 19:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rags. They had a rag chest where you would put in old rags to be used again (washed of course).
Ever hear the phrase, "She is on the rag."?
2007-11-10 20:07:50 · answer #4 · answered by Poppet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rags hence the expression "on your rag"
also they probably had primitive tampon plugs and stuff
2007-11-10 19:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by Genua 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they used rags
2007-11-10 19:45:52 · answer #6 · answered by - 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they used cloth, and they washed and reused them each month.
2007-11-10 19:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wool or cotton.
2007-11-10 19:46:39 · answer #8 · answered by Ruby Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋