What Women Used Before Period Pads Existed

Menstrual belts become the early version of sanitary pads in the 1900s and were a popular method to manage periods. It was a silk elastic belt on which women clipped the cotton pads and then used. The belts remained something like diapers and stayed popular until the first pad with an adhesive strip was created.

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