How did associates traffic near their period within former times?
Answers: Depends on the culture, and the time period. But antiquated rags were enormously common (you know that horrid phrase "on the rag"... yeah...) or cotton or other absorbent materials be laid in the undergarments and frequently changed.
Also, some ancient cultures (especially tropical ones where clothing be much smaller, if clothing was used at all) actually isolated women during this time...they would progress off to a designated place when they were menstruating, near all the other menstruating women because they were see as "unclean." While this sounds cruel (and it is pretty misogynistic) the women actually have a great time during this time being with their feminine friends and family members. .
they would use rag and then just maintain washing and reusinig them!