CoL49 ch 4

[J K Van Nort]

Stanley Koteks name, a homophone for the sanitary napkin, has a military background. The cellucotton that provides absorbency came from WWI, where it was developed for bandages. The nurses recognized its value and began to use the bandages for themselves. After the war, Kimberley-Clark, the company who made cellucotton needed a market. A Winifed Heitmeyer designed the pad, but the patent was assigned to a subsidiary of Kimberley Clark, sort of the very patent theft that Stanley complains about.

In solidarity,James

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