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In the old Egyptian times, women used soft papyrus tampons.
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The tampon was used as a medical device. Antiseptic cotton rolls were used to stop bleeding from bullet wounds.
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By the mid-1930’s, the Tampax had arrived on store shelves.
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American doctor Earle Cleveland Haas applied for a patent on Tampax, which comes from the words ‘tampon’ and ‘vaginal pack’. He sells this patient to business woman Gertrude Tendrich, for 32,000 USD. She starts a company named … Tampax.
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The first Tampax-tampon with applicator was produced and the first Tampax advertisement appeared
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Today, Tierno estimates that 80 percent of U.S. women of menstruating age use tampons.
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Now,they are trying to help girls end their shame of wearing tampons. Girls are missing school due to their period.