The Story of Menstruation (1946): Teaching Menstrual Hygiene in American Classrooms

Authors

  • Mariah Mendes Schaefer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.sourcelab.v1.397

Abstract

Vol 1. No. 1 (2019)

This issue of SourceLab presents a digital documentary edition of The Story of Menstruation, a 1946 educational film. 

This publication is part of the digital documentary edition series SourceLab, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our Editorial Board conducts rigorous peer-review of every edition.

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2020-04-08

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