FC2 Female Condom
date: label: date made
content: ca 2010
name: label: maker
content: Female Health Company
notes: label: Description
content: This FC2 female condom was manufactured by the Female Health Company of Chicago, Illinois around 2010. The FC2 is the second generation of the female condom that is made of synthetic nitrile and is designed to improve affordability. The FC2 offers a female-controlled method of prophylaxis and contraception that protects against HIV/AIDS. The condom is contained in a white paper package. The front bears a pink stylized female gender symbol with the blue text “The FC2 Female Condom is indicated for preventing pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).” The package’s reverse features instructions for use.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Malaysia
label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: Subject
content: HIV-AIDS
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Sex
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0139.004
label: accession number
content: 2010.0139
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0139.004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Contraceptive
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom, female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: latex (overall; overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 8.255 cm x .3175 cm