How some churches are working to alleviate period poverty
Menstruation supplies are expensive—and stigmatized. So many people just go without.
A Free. product drive last spring (Courtesy photo)
It’s widely believed that Johnson and Johnson introduced the world’s first commercially produced menstrual product in the late 1890s.
Lister’s Towels—named after Joseph Lister, the British pathologist who developed antiseptic surgery—were disposable pads made of cotton and gauze, meant to replace the sheets, rags, and sheep’s wool people collected at home.
But Lister’s Towels were a flop.
