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36. Menstrual Politics: Purity, Public Life, and Consumer Culture in the United States, 1900–60

Friday, January 7, 2:30–4:30 p.m.

Convention Center, Room 603

  • Chair: Hamilton Cravens, Iowa State University

  • Papers: Ensuring the "Purity of the Family": American Jews, Menstruation, and Eugenics, 1910–39
    Jane H. Rothstein, Texas Christian University

    Masking Menstruation: Lillian Gilbreth and Menstrual Hygiene
    Sharra Vostral, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Purchasing "Unmentionables": Menstrual Products in the Consumer Age
    Lara Freidenfelds, Independent Scholar

  • Comment: Heather Munro Prescott, Central Connecticut State University
   
     
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