Researched by Kim Rosas | May 2026
This brand appears to be a smaller company, sold in states like Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Manufactured by The Sealtex Company based in Chicago, IL; this company made gauze and bandages. The Moderne Woman tampons appear to be a short-lived product, possibly an experiment in expanding Sealtex’s line, but an effort that was unsuccessful against a giant like Tampax who dominated the market. Ads are hard to find meaning they spent little on newspaper advertising. The instructions for this tampon brand suggest you can leave in your tampon for six, to twenty-four, even fourty-eight hours!” Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) wasn’t discovered until the 1980s.
- Timeframe: Late1930s
- Item Location: On Display Period Nirvana Asheville
- Credit: Kim Rosas
- Category: Tampon
- Manufacturer: The Seatlex Company
Moderne Women Tampons are also part of the MUM Archive at the Smithsonian.
