The women couldn't agree on how to properly wear a period belt, but Nilsen, who ended up with a sanitary napkin tail, was probably the furthest off. Well, I wasn't sure I'd ever say this, but ...

And I, like many many other young women since the book's 1970 publication, was completely befuddled by the book's reference to the "sanitary belt" that Margaret uses when she finally gets her period.

Black women still face challenges finding funding for their businesses today as they did 60 years ago. ... She invented the sanitary napkin belt, an amazing and practical invention for her time.

Women experienced new freedom not only from traditional gender roles in the 1970s, but also from cumbersome menstrual paraphernalia like sanitary belts and clips, as adhesive pads hit the market ...

Women used to use unbelievable things like wood moss to combat their Aunt Flo. ... H ave you ever imagined what women used ...

During the Covid pandemic, many women criticized the lack of sanitary pads for medical staff. China’s high-speed rail agency did not sell pads on trains until an online pressure campaign in 2022 ...

What women used before sanitary pads and tampons [Pinterest] Recommended For You News 2025-05-12T06:30:46+00:00. ... These menstrual products were held in place with a belt or straps [Giddy] ...

However, after the government increased taxes on sanitary products, a packet of pads now costs 20 cedis, pushing them out of her reach. The price rises caused women to protest outside Ghana's ...

Anbumani Ramadoss is late for this meeting by nearly an hour. But the audience waits without much fuss. For this is probably the first time when a person of their ilk -- professionally-- is vying ...

The napkins often also came with belts that imply they would particularly be suited to women wearing petticoats and salwars; and the introduction of adhesives to napkins by 1990s also indicated ...