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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Caresse Crosby
Caresse Crosby
Standard Name:
Crosby, Caresse
Used Form:
Mary Phelps Jacob
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November 1914: Mary Phelps Jacob of New York, later Caresse...
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November 1914
Mary Phelps Jacob
of
New York
, later
Caresse Crosby
, patented the Backless Brassiere.
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Harris, Melvin.
ITN Book of Firsts
. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
223
Panati, Charles.
Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
. Perennial Library, 1987.
341
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek.
Patently Female
. John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
136
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