Article ID: CBB350407627

Mary Phelps Jacob, the Brassiere (Winter 2020)

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Quinn, Jim (Author)


American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Volume: 26
Issue: 1

ISSN: 8756-7296

Publication Date: Winter 2020
Journal Abbreviation: AHIT
Edition Details: Special issue: 50 Women Inventors and Innovators
Physical Details: No pages for on-line version.
Language: English

Unhappy with confining corsets in the Edwardian era, an enterprising young woman filed the first patent for a modern bra.

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Authors & Contributors
Kat Jungnickel
Hammack, William
Roberts, Kyle B.
Gross, Rachel S.
Zotte, Jennifer Le
Sendzimir, Vanda
Journals
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Technology and Culture
Science, Technology and Human Values
Agricultural History
Publishers
Goldsmiths Press
University of North Carolina Press
Penguin
Little, Brown
Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management
Brill
Concepts
Inventors and invention
Clothing and dress
Women
Things; objects in the world
Technological innovation
Business history
People
Spencer, Percy
Tupper, Earl
Sendzimir, Tadeusz
Birdseye, Clarence
Christensen, Neils
Blakely, Sara
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Institutions
Motorola
United States. Army
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
General Electric
Du Pont Company
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