The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-10-11
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of 10" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world
The Pinkhans had no money. and
little credit. Their frst laboratory
herbs were STEPPED on the stove,
gradually filing a gross OF bottles.
Then came the question OF selling
i. for always before they had given
Il away freely. They hired q JOB
printer to run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits Of the medi
cine. now called Lydia z. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound. and these were
distributed By the Pinkham sons N
Boston, New YORK, and Brooklyn
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. 20 q great extent,
self-adveltisiug. for whoever used It
RECOMMENDED il to others, and the de-
nand gradually increased
In 1877. BIZ combined efforts the FAM
;ly had saved enough money 20 COM
nence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured. until to
dav Lydia Z. Piukham and her Nege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons OF roots and herbs are used anuu-
ally IN It's manufacture.
LYDIA E. Pinkhan herself did nc.
live TO see the great success of this
work. She passed 70 her reward years
ago. but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done It
| herself
During her long and eventtul expe-
rieuce she was ever methodieal in her
work and she was always careful TO pre-
serTe record Of every case that came to
her attention The case Of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-receiTed
careful study, and the details. includ-
ing symptoms treatment and results
were recorded for future reference. and
today these records, together with
hundreds Of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over. and represent a vast collaboEz-
ton Of information regarding the
treatment of woman's Ills. which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled ia any library in the
world
With Lydia z. Pinkhan worked her
! daughter IN law. the present Mrs
| Pinkhau. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge. and
| for years she assisted her il he- Tasr
cor-esp onaence.
! To her hands naturally fel, the
/ direction Of the work when it, origiE.a-
/ tor passed away For nearly ty:vntv
Eve years she has continued =. ard
nothing in the work shows when the
! first Lydia E Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pi1kBan,
now the mother OF = large family. took
! 1t up With women assistants. some 8
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
/ Pinkhan continues this great work 3 Z i
/ probably from the Office Of To other
I person have 50 many women F----a Id
! vised how 20 regain health Sick wo-
men. this ad.ice : Yours fri- f.s-s.G ,h -
freely given if you only yrg.ce IL ask
/ for Il.
Such IS the history Of I.yd:a Z PINK
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs: tie one
great medicine Cor wCr1en's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name il bears