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Author Freidenfelds, Lara, 1972-

Title The modern period : menstruation in twentieth-century America / Lara Freidenfelds.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  612.662 F881m 2009    ---  Available
Description 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.
Contents Before "modern" menstrual management : keeping secrets, wearing diapers, avoiding chills -- The modern way to talk about menstruation : education, the scientific narrative, and public discussion -- The modern way to behave while menstruating : changing health beliefs and practices -- The modern way to manage menstruation : technology and bodily practices -- Tampons : a case study in controversy.
Subject Menstruation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Feminine hygiene products -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Menstrual Hygiene Products -- history -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
Menstrual Hygiene Products -- economics -- United States.
Menstruation -- psychology -- United States.
Social Class -- United States.
ISBN 9780801892455 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801892457 (pbk. : alk. paper)
40016778119
Standard No. 40016778119
NLM 101477662
CDX 8510174
AU@ 000043204032

 
    
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