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Women Only
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What did women in the late 1800's and early 1900's use when they got their periods?
Please go on the web to mum.org. This web site will give you the complete story of what ladies did and used back then. This web site has a lot of other interesting stories, jokes, and pictures about menstruation.
I actually know this because my grandmother kept a diary. They used cotton batting (a lot like cotton balls) wrapped in a piece of cotton much like a cloth diaper. It had to be changed frequently and while the batting was thrown out the rest of the cloths had to be boiled and reused (ugh!)