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Front cover of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue border and yellow background and circular dial on top
Backside of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue text on a manilla background and circular dial on top
Front of a cream and brown envelope with silhouettes of three children carrying lanterns and marching single-file
Back of a cream and brown envelope with text
Full view of a fold-out booklet featuring views of the cover and open pages with text and illustrations
Cover page of a fold-out booklet with light text on a dark background, decorative borders on the right and left sides
Page of text from a fold-out booklet
Page of text from a fold-out booklet
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy
Page of text from a fold-out booklet
Front cover page of a booklet featuring a title and image of children holding hands and playing outside
Back cover of a booklet featuring an oval-shaped image of a mother breast-feeding a child on a white background
Poster with two horizontal panels of images with text below each
Poster with a main image showing a young girl walking away and waving to a mother holding a young boy, title in red above and text below
Poster with six rectangular scene of family life on a light blue background, text captions below each image, title in red on top
Poster with five rectangular scenes of family life on a white background, dark blue border, and red text on the left edge
Poster with panels of rectangular images around a circular image in the middle, text captions to the right and left of the images
Poster with a group of people smiling to a dentist sitting at a table, text below

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Front cover of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue border and yellow background and circular dial on top

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), front page, Shanghai Hygiene Press, 1956

The rhythm method is a type of birth control used in “natural family planning.” This calculator calendar allows a woman to monitor her fertile periods to assist planned pregnancies and avoid unplanned pregnancies. Made for the 1959 calendar year, this calendar was published with an instruction meter and an envelope.

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Front cover of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue border and yellow background and circular dial on top

To support and encourage the implementation of birth control, Chinese family planning campaigns suggested the use of the rhythm method. This 1959 rhythm calculator calendar, published by the Shanghai Hygiene Press, serves as one of the many free tools given to women and families during Chinese family planning campaigns.

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Backside of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue text on a manilla background and circular dial on top
节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956
Front of a cream and brown envelope with silhouettes of three children carrying lanterns and marching single-file
节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956
Back of a cream and brown envelope with text
节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

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