Comments on: Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob) Invented Bra https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-437191 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 03:18:17 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-437191 In reply to Onya Gishbaugher.

It was originally published March 13, 2011. You might also enjoy the story of the Maidenform bra: https://americacomesalive.com/ida-rosenthal-pioneered-bra-industry-with-maidenform/

]]> By: Onya Gishbaugher https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-437184 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:22:12 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-437184 Hello! this was very Informative, may I ask when you published this though?

]]> By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-433827 Sat, 29 May 2021 17:48:01 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-433827 In reply to Leigh E Nunn.

I totally hear you…Crosby was coming up with something that was at least better than a corset.

]]> By: Leigh E Nunn https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-433818 Sat, 29 May 2021 03:44:06 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-433818 I hate bras.

]]> By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-412583 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:11:11 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-412583 In reply to Mozelle Mancuso.

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]]> By: Mozelle Mancuso https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-411887 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:11:05 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-411887 I like this web site very much, Its a real nice berth to read and find info . “Acceptance of dissent is the fundamental requirement of a free society.” by Richard Royster.

]]> By: Ida Rosenthal: Pioneered Bra Industry with Maidenform - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-392823 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:53:32 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-392823 […] 1913, a young society woman named Caresse Crosby, applied for and received a patent on a design she created for a bra.  She was dressing for an […]

]]> By: From Corset to the First Modern Bra - Recollections Blog https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-335590 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:03:20 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-335590 […] http://americacomesalive.com/2011/03/13/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-… […]

]]> By: The True Inventor of Blue Jeans - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-329726 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:08:57 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-329726 […] Another good story is about the woman who invented the bra: Caresse Crosby. […]

]]> By: Women Inventors | | America Comes AliveAmerica Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/#comment-89706 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 03:13:38 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=1464#comment-89706 […] Phelps Jacob who invented the brassiere in 1913, replacing the far less comfortable corsets stiffened with whale […]

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