Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026

Updated May 22, 2026
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Blood : the science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation
Gunter, Jen
Paper Book
"This book is the brilliant and long needed corrective that we have waited for, since the first time we stuffed a box of pads into a three-ply paper bag and slunk out of a pharmacy. Never again." --Samantha Bee New York Times bestselling author of The...
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2025 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award USA Today Bestseller "All in Her Head accomplishes a remarkable feat of storytelling. By combining essential medical histories about women's bodies with all the narrative...

In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.

Calling the moon : 16 period stories from BIPOC authors
Salazar, Aida
Paper Book
An essential, highly relatable collection of short fiction and poems around the topic of menstruation, written exclusively by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came...
Welcome to your period!
Stynes, Yumi
Paper Book
This frank, funny guide to getting your period gives preteens all they need to master--and even celebrate!--menstruation. Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird, and messy--and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn't have to be that...
Womb : the inside story of where we all began
Hazard, Leah
Paper Book
"Page for page, I may not have ever learned more from a book.... Womb is a history book as well as a biology book but it's also an adventure and a celebration." --Rob Delaney, actor and author of A Heart That Works A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to...
It's not hysteria : everything you need to know about your reproductive health (but were never told)
Tang, Karen (Gynecologist)
Paper Book
An inclusive and essential new resource for reproductive health--including period problems, pelvic pain, menopause, fertility, sexual health, vaginal and urinary conditions, and overall wellbeing--from leading expert and fierce advocate Dr. Karen Tang "Dr. Karen Tang is a...

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