How did people deal with periods centuries ago?

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did they have an alternative to maxi pads or did they just free bleed-

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In the rural American south from 1900-1940, my grandma and her family members pinned folded up old flour sacks in their panties. You had plenty of them, since that was a staple food. I can’t speak for the absorbency. That probably also made laundry a little more complicated, as the fabric will have to soak in water for a bit to remove the blood.

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