What did girls in the 1700s and 1800s do about...?

Question: What did girls in the 1700s and 1800s do about!.!.!.!?

I'm just wondering what girls did about their periods in the 1800s!. Like, did they have some type of pad or something!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Clean rags, tied into the underclothes, hence the term "on the rag"!. Pads didn't come about until the late 1800s--1895, Wikipedia says!.

Lots and lots of perfume--but good news; most people before about 1880 smelled horrible anyway!.

Tampons as we know 'em weren't invented 'til the late 19th century and initially weren't used for menstruation, but for bullet wounds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sanitary napkins were developed from bandages used for battlefield wounds during World War I, ans I recall!.

Sanitary napkins have an important place in women's history and in the history of technology!. 19th Century research into disposable sanitary napkins marked the humble beginnings of a new era of gynecological sanity!. Disposable Sanitary Napkins appeared in Germany as early as the 1880s but were unavailable to American women because of the Comstock Laws!.

The invention of cellucotton in WWI however, lent itself to other applications including disposable bandages and, by extension, sanitary napkins!. Not surprisingly, the first Kleenex products -- disposable mass market consumer items intended to replace more durable goods (in this case handkerchiefs) appeared (1920 - 1924) a few short years after the appearance of sanitary napkins during the Great War!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think women during that period (lol) used cloth made of muslin, which was then washed and re-used, don't quote me on that, but I think this was what they had to do as they had no alternatives at the time! we can be thankful we have pads today can't we!? :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

they used a rag-cloth thing and people thought u were closer to death if u got ur period stupid rightWww@QuestionHome@Com