How did women deal with their periods hundreds of years ago, who invented the tampon and what does the future hold?

A short history of period products, from glass tampons to cups

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Tampons in the era of ancient Egypt and Greece

Ancient Greeks used lint and wood as tampons

Victorians used tampons for everything but periods

It wasn’t until 1985 that the word ‘period’ was first used in a US TV ad

The 20th century dawn of the menstrual cup

The future of period products in the 2020s

The menstrual market goes back way further than you think. 