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	Mary Phelps Jacob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the early 20th century a case could be made that the Peabodies had supplanted the Cabots and the Lodges as the most distinguished name in the area.
		In 1910, at age 19, Mary Phelps Jacob had just purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events.
		The catalyst for Polly Jacob Peabody's transformation was her introduction and eventual marriage to Harry Crosby, a wealthy scion of a socially prominent Boston family and another veteran and victim of the recent war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Phelps_Jacob (1950 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Jacob came up with the idea for her brassiere after she bought an evening gown for an event she was planning to attend.
		Jacobs' patent was for a device that was lightweight and flattened the breasts, but her bra did not have cups to support the breasts.
		Jacob died in 1970, but she lived long enough to see the bra go through a number of transformations and become immensely popular all over the world.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/jacob.html (533 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| new ideas \| featured The Brassiere
		Mary had purchased a new evening gown for a social function, but found that the corset she was wearing stuck out all over the place.
		Mary's new undergarment was the perfect foil for the new fashions starting to spring up, and she was inundated with requests from friends and family.
		Mary Phelps Jacob died in obscurity in 1970, but not before seeing the bra - as it was dubbed during the '30s - go through a number of changes.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /inventions/featured/236523.htm (425 words)

	Mary Phelps Jacob: Inventor of the Modern Brassiere
		Enter Mary Phelps Jacob, a young New York socialite who became exasperated with the antiquated corsets after finding it impossible to prevent the support rods from poking out from underneath the fabric of her evening gown.
		Jacob’s design was the first brassiere to enjoy widespread use, but its popularity did not peak until World War I, when the U.S. government requested that women stop purchasing corsets in order to conserve metal.
		However, even though Mary Phelps Jacob never received many accolades for her invention, she had, by the time of her death in 1970, observed with satisfaction as her immensely popular undergarment made life more comfortable and more convenient for millions of grateful women.
	www.women-inventors.com /Mary-Phelps-Jacob.asp (354 words)

	The Brassiere
		Mary had just purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events that poor people like myself will never get to attend.
		Mary was very happy to sew up a bra for all family and friends that were interested.
		In comparison, Mary Phelps Jacobs device was patented on November 3, 1914 and was called a "brassiere".
	earthdude1.tripod.com /brassiere/bra.html (1435 words)

	History of the Bra
		Marie Tucek patents the "Breast Supporter”, it includes separate pockets for each breast, shoulder straps, and hook-and-eye closures, making it the earliest known design to be similar to modern-day bras.
		Mary Phelps Jacob, Dissatisfied with the idea of having to wear a heavy corset underneath a new sheer evening gown, Mary and her maid, Marie, improvises a garment from two silk handkerchiefs, cord, and some ribbon.
		Mary Phelps Jacob applies for a patent on for her "Backless Brassiere".
	www.myfirstbra.us /bra_history.htm (568 words)

	Bra History
		Mary had bought a sheer evening dress to wear to an event, and at the time, the only undergarment available to her was a corset made with whaleback bones.
		Mary found that the bones showed through the sheer fabric and created her DIY alternative.
		Jacob markets the "Backless Brassiere" garment until she tires of the business and sells the patent to Warner Brothers Corset Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for $1,500.
	www.sportsbras.ca /bra_history.htm (890 words)

	Selected Short Biographies
		John Phelps, in 1649 was joint-clerk of the Court that tried and condemned to death King Charles I, having such zeal as to sign each record with his full name.
		In the ancient church of St. Martin, in Vevery, a fl marble monument, inscribed to the memory of John Phelps, exiled in the cause of human freedom, was erected in 1882 by William Walter Phelps and another family descendant of the same English Phelps family of Tewkesbury.
		Probably the best known coat-of-arms of the family is that of the line of Phelps of Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, having a crest — a wolf's head azure, langued and erased gules, gorged with a collar or thereon a martlet sable.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~btphelps/bios/index.html (849 words)

	The Phelps Family
		suggests William Phelps was 1st married to Elizabeth Marshall, and after her death he married Mary Ann Dover.
		She got the name Elizabeth from an old letter that had been sent to an her father by his Uncle Ben PHELPS in 1946 from a cousin, Wm.G. Phelps.
		Jacob died 6 OCT 1689, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/7621/Phelps.html (539 words)

	Lingerie glossary
		Jacob's original intention was to cover the whalebone sticking out of her corset, which was visible through her sheer dress.
		Jacob began making brassieres for her family and friends, and word of mouth soon spread about the garment.
		By 1914, Jacob had a patent for her design and was marketing it throughout the United States.
	www.lingeriediva.com /lingerie_glossary_s/12.htm (577 words)

	William Lyon Phelps, Educator, Literary Critic and Author
		William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American educator, literary critic and author.
		Billy Phelps returned to Huron City that summer for a final visit, but the memories of his wife Annabel were too strong.
		Except for those portions written by others and used by permission, Brian Phelps is the author of this web site and the data presented on it.
	family.phelpsinc.com /bios/william_lyon_phelps.htm (954 words)

	Reports -> Walk -> 1998 -> Mary Phelps Visiting Belgium
		Mary was talking with Ludo while JJ was putting the camera back in the car.
		Mary came into the pasture and JJ took a picture of Mary and I with Grace (the one on the top).
		Mary asked me if she needed to take pictures of Didi and I was not sure to say yes; she replied "Now I'm here and I can easily take the camera out of the car".
	www.eurodressage.com /reports/walk/1998/maryphelps.html (1141 words)

	QI Talk Forum \| View topic - The 'B' List
		Another attribution for the invention was to Mary Phelps Jacob, a New York socialite, who bought a sheer evening dress in 1913 and didn't want to wear a whalebone-stiffened corset underneath it, and improvised with a couple of handkerchiefs and some ribbons to lend herself some support.
		He concluded that Marie Tucek had patented a breast supporter in 1893 that looked similar to a brassiere, in that it had separate cups for the breasts, shoulder straps and was fastened by a hook and eye.
		Mary Phelps Jacob's brassiere was lightweight and did not have cups for support, tending to flatten the breasts instead.
	www.qi.com /talk/viewtopic.php?p=823 (1453 words)

	Dorothy Lamour
		Under her guidance in 1899 six fl nurses graduated and Mary was the FIRST in 1879 and she worked in her profession for the next 40 years helping other graduate nurses.
		Mary was English and Anne was born in Carolina, America and the two met when they ended up on the ship of Jack Rackham, known as Calico Jack, and for months they roamed the high seas with the women changing into men's clothes when they went into action.
		Mary died shortly afterwards of prison fever and Anne's father used his influence to have her released and she was never heard of again.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /m.gratton/Names/Mary.htm (5750 words)

	COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Caresse Crosby 1998 Plate
		Born Mary Phelps Jacob, and called Polly, she was the daughter of a prominent New England family.
		In 1915 Polly Jacob married Richard Rogers Peabody.
		The catalyst for Polly Jacob Peabody's transformation was her introduction and eventual marriage to Harry Grew Crosby, another scion of a socially prominent Boston family and another veteran and victim of the recent war.
	www.cosmicbaseball.com /caresse8.html (545 words)

	Multicultural Resource Center: Mary Phelps Jacob
		Mary found that the whalebones poked out visibly around the plunging neckline and under the sheer fabric, so with two silk hankerchiefs and some pink ribbon, the first bra was invented.
		Mary's new undergarment went well with the new fashions being introduced at the time and demands from friends and family were high for the new brassiere.
		In 1893, a woman named Marie Tucek patented the "breast supporter", the device included separate pockets for the breasts and straps that went over the shoulder which were fastened by hook-and-eye closures.
	www.inventions.org /culture/female/jacob.html (381 words)

	Whim Internet Magazine
		Jacob's brassiere quickly became popular with her friends and family whom she would make them for, but it was not until one day when a stranger offered her a dollar in return for making her a brassier that Jacobs saw the possibility of a profit to be made.
		Jacob died in 1970, but she lived to see the brassiere go through many transformations.
		In 1893, Marie Tucek patented the first brassiere, which she called "Breast Supporter." Tucek's bra included two separate pockets for the breasts and straps that went over the shoulder and were fastened by hook-and- eye closures.
	www.radford.edu /~archive/season13/tech/stories/brahistory.html (718 words)

	Mary Phelps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although women have had various undergarments to support their breasts for thousands of years, the French may have invented the prototype of the modern bra by the turn of the 20th century.
		Modestly called a "soutien gorge" literally "neck supporter," the ancestress of the modern bra, however, was first patented in 1914 by a woman, Mary Phelps Jacob, and American socialiate.
		Jacob, who later changed her name to Caresse Crosby found that no manufacturer was interested in her invention.
	www.csupomona.edu /~plin/inventors/phelps_jacob.html (214 words)

	Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in Andover, Mass., on 13 August 1815, Phelps was the daughter of Abigail and Moses Stuart, the latter a respected theologian who was both a Congregationalist minister and a professor at Andover Theological Seminary.
		[1] At age sixteen, Phelps enrolled in the Mount Vernon School in Boston, where she stayed with and was taught by none other than Jacob Abbott.
		After her mother's death, Phelps' daughter Mary was renamed Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
	www.readseries.com /auth-oz/phelps.html (482 words)

	INDBAZAAR Fashion :: The Latest From Indian Fashion
		Mary had just purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events.
		Caresse Crosby was the business name Jacob used for her brassiere production, but business was not enjoyable to Jacob and she sold the brassiere patent to the Warner Brothers Corset Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut for $1500.
		Mary Jacob was the first to patent an undergarment named "Brassiere" derived from the old French word for "upper arm".
	www.indbazaar.com /fashion/index1.asp?artid=62&catid=4 (1303 words)

	Where did the Brassiere come from?
		She enlisted the help of her French maid, Marie, and together they fashioned a basic, backless brassiere made from two handkerchiefs, ribbon, and cord.
		The bra, not Mary, was the belle of the ball, and Mary began sewing bras for friends and family.
		She had made the fatal mistake of failing to publicize her venture and, in an unwise business move, she sold her rights to the brassiere to the Connecticut based Warner Brothers Corset Company for a token $1,500.
	www.coolquiz.com /trivia/explain/docs/bra.asp (612 words)

	Mary Phelps Jacob (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was made out of two silk hankerchiefs and some pink ribbon, and was a savior after those corsets that were usually worn.
		So, Jacob created the bra, and received a patent for this "Backless Brassiere" on November 3, 1914.
		Jacob died in 1970 after her brassiere had undergone many transitional changes.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/jacob.html (170 words)

	What's New on the Phelps Family History Site
		These individuals who have contributed to our society in some significant fashion, like Mary Phelps Jacob, better known as Caresse Crosby and the original patent holder of today's modern brassiere.
		Mary Phelps Jacob, better known as Caresse Crosby and the original patent holder of today's modern brassiere.
		The complete Phelps family history was last updated in September, 2002.
	family.phelpsinc.com /about/whats_new.html (705 words)

	Phelps-Griswold
		Children of Mary and Thomas BARBER: John married Mary HOLCOMB (daughter of Joshua HOLCOMB and Ruth SHERWOOD); Mary; Sarah married Andrew ROBE; Joanna married Josiah ADKINS; Anna married Jonathan HIGLEY (son of Capt. John HIGLEY and Hannah DRAKE); Thomas married Abigail BUELL; Samuel married Sarah HOLCOMB; and a child died in infancy.
		Children of Timothy and Mary PHELPS: Sarah died in infancy; Timothy died in infancy; Martha married Capt. Morris Tillotson; Timothy married Hannah CALKINS; Noah married Ann DYER; Cornelius married Margaret DEWEY; Charles married Hepsibah STILES; Asabel married Ann PINNEY; and Hannah married Benjamin SMITH.
		Children of Martha and Samuel HOLCOMB: Martha died in infancy; Samuel married Bathsheba PHELPS; Mary married Amos CASE; Deborah; Sarah; Rebecca married John BARNARD; Sophia; Mariah married Ashbel SKINNER; and Martha married her second cousin William PHELPS (son of William PHELPS and Hannah HAYDEN.
	kinnexions.com /ancestries/phelps.htm (2888 words)

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		The heroine of our story is one Mary Phelps Jacob, a tinkerer who fashioned two silk handkerchiefs and a bit of ribbon into an article of clothing, releasing women from centuries of oppression in the process.
		Which brings us back to Mary Phelps Jacob, the young New York debutante who led an American revolt against whalebone in 1914.
		With help from her French maid, Jacob experimented with handkerchiefs and ribbon, eventually whipping up the first real brassiere.
	www.corsetted.com /articlediscovery.html (841 words)

	Austin Phelps, American Congregational Minister and Educator
		She possessed much imaginative talent, and gave promise of a successful literary career, which was terminated by her early death.
		In 1854 Austin Phelps married Elizabeth Stuart's sister, who died only eighteen months later; and in 1858 he married Mary A. Johnson, of Boston.
		Phelps graduated at Union College, in 1814, studied theology at Andover, and wa s ordained over the first church in Brookfield, Mass., 13 Oct., 1816.
	family.phelpsinc.com /bios/austin_phelps.htm (897 words)

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