Kelly O'Donnell

No String Attached: Selling and Using the Menstrual Cup in the 1970s

Date: Monday, February 20, 2012 - 5:30pm
Location: William L. Harkness Hall (WLH), Room 309, 100 Wall Street

Kelly O’Donnell (HSHM) No String Attached: Selling and Using the Menstrual Cup in the 1970s. While American women eagerly adopted disposable napkins and tampons, the menstrual cup has remained an obscure alternative since the early twentieth century. In this paper, Kelly looks at the sale and use of the Tassaway cup in the 1970s to examine why women have, or have not, adopted this technology.