Video Periods Through History

Women had to remain in seclusion for seven “clean” days?

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Adam and Eve
https://archive.org/details/6218_Adam_and_Eve_01_00_53_18

Molly Grows Up
https://archive.org/details/MollyGro1953

Touch of Magic, A
https://archive.org/details/TouchofM1961

Whither Thou Goest
https://archive.org/details/2336_Whither_Thou_Goest_18_00_00_00

SOURCES
https://books.google.com/books?id=p52Envn3rLkC&pg=PA49&dq=menstrual+cycle+during+victorian+era&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCGoVChMI7_n-_O-UxgIVCimICh0KuAQ6#v=onepage&q=menstrual%20cycle&f=false
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/female-purity-niddah
https://books.google.com/books?id=pj2nmStomAEC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=niddah+menstrual+seclusion&source=bl&ots=27Y2FZgJDe&sig=YUvoBa6lvpUQG1f10ukhLV2dYco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wIuEVbukEsbLogTC66T4AQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=niddah%20menstrual%20seclusion&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=2Zhi_2-zFQwC&pg=PA57&dq=what+did+women+use+for+their+menstrual+cycle+in+medieval+times&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIl4HKt9mUxgIVSS2ICh2v9AJI#v=onepage&q=what%20did%20women%20use%20for%20their%20menstrual%20cycle%20in%20medieval%20times&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZRgAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=what+did+women+use+for+their+menstrual+cycle+in+the+renaissance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAmoVChMI88fFuO2SxgIVUZSICh1MjQA4#v=onepage&q=what%20did%20women%20use%20for%20their%20menstrual%20cycle%20in%20the%20renaissance&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=uRJt7QqA7GEC&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=adhesive+maxi+pads+invented&source=bl&ots=l5veIlitgk&sig=ajyLrbDC5acvvWRqdX07_FUPG4k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBGoVChMIobiA0ayVxgIVj5eICh0o2AzF#v=onepage&q=adhesive%20maxi%20pads%20invented&f=false
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/opinion/the-taboo-of-menstruation.html?_r=0

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