The modern period : menstruation in twentieth-century America / Lara Freidenfelds.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.

Before "modern" menstrual management : keeping secrets, wearing diapers, avoiding chills -- The modern way to talk about menstruation : education, the scientific narrative, and public discussion -- The modern way to behave while menstruating : changing health beliefs and practices -- The modern way to manage menstruation : technology and bodily practices -- Tampons : a case study in controversy.