Holland–Rantos Explained

Holland–Rantos was a company founded in the United States 1925 by birth control advocates that manufactured high-quality contraceptives. Its primary product was the diaphragm, which was Margaret Sanger's recommended method of contraception.^{[1] [2]} The company also sold a lubricating jelly under the name "vaginal jelly", based on a formula imported from Germany.^[3] In the 1940s, Holland–Rantos was bought by Young's Rubber Co., which manufactures the Trojan Condom. Around 2000, a new company HR Pharmaceuticals was founded, which sells lubricating jelly under the name "HR Jelly".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Tone, Andrea (2002). Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America, Hill and Wang, pp 127–128.
2. • Tone, Andrea, "A Medical Fit for Contraceptives", in Women, Science, and Technology: a Reader in Feminist Science Studies, Taylor & Francis, 2008, pp 166–179.
3. Web site: HR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Healthcare Consumables.
4. Web site: HR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Healthcare Consumables.