Top 10 Practical Ways Women Used To Handle Menstruation
10Rags Rags are an obvious stand-in for a pad. Fabric is absorbent and can be relatively long-lasting, as well as abundant. Since at least the 10th century, women used rags or some kind of cloth as a way to absorb the flow. These were also reusable; once the rags had done their job, women would just wash them. This practice lasted up until the nineteenth century, at least, since that is when the pad was invented....