The History of the Hitachi Magic Wand (Part 2)

In our last post, we introduced the many changes that Hitachi's made to the Hitachi Magic Wand over the years.  In upcoming posts we'll explore each model in more detail, but this week history meets the media in the first (of many!) posts referencing the Magic Wand in the media.

We searched through the archives to find the earliest mention of the Hitachi Magic Wand in a magazine. We found a 24 year old ad from the good folks at Good Vibrations in the July 1985 issue of Mother Jones Magazine.

However, that wasn't the first mention of the Hitachi Magic Wand in print.

Betty Dodson (the veritable expert of orgasm) published Liberating Masturbation in 1973. That book was later purchased by Harmony Books and retitled Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving

Do you know of any in-print references to the Hitachi Magic Wand from before 1973? If so, please let us know in the comments.

Update 02-Apr 2009:  We received a copy of Betty Dodson's 1973 Getting to Know Me: A Primer on Masturbation article, courtesy of Ms. Magazine.   The article doesn't mention the Hitachi Magic Wand by name, but it is clear that by then Dodson had already discovered its magic:

For the past two years I have been experimenting with different vibrators.   I have found that the vibrator gives me the strongest and most consistent form of stimulation and is especially good for women who have never experienced orgasm. It also overcomes the problem of your hand or arm getting tired while masturbationg manually.  Some women complain that the vibrator makes them go numb.  Of course, if you put the vibrator directly on your clitoris and don't move either the vibrator or your body, you will numb out.   I always use a bit of material between me and my vibrator -- a piece of velvet, satin, fur, a towel.