Caresse Crosby
American publisher, socialite, and inventor of the modern bra (1892–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob; April 20, 1892 – January 24, 1970)[1] was the recipient of a patent for the first successful modern bra,[2] an American patron of the arts, a publisher, and the woman Time called the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris."[3] She and her second husband, Harry Crosby, founded the Black Sun Press, which was instrumental in publishing some of the early works of many authors who would later become famous, among them Anaïs Nin, Kay Boyle, Ernest Hemingway, Archibald MacLeish, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, Hart Crane, and Robert Duncan.
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Born | Mary Phelps Jacob (1892-04-20)April 20, 1892 New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 24, 1970(1970-01-24) (aged 77) Rome, Italy |
Other names | Polly Jacob, Polly Peabody |
Occupation(s) | Publisher, activist, writer |
Known for | Inventor of the modern bra Co-founder, Black Sun Press |
Notable work | Portfolio: An Intercontinental Quarterly |
Spouses | Selbert Young
(m. 1937; div. 1939) |
Children | 2 |
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