American publisher, socialite, and inventor of the modern bra (1892–1970)
Caresse Crosby
Caresse Crosby and her whippet Narcisse
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
Richard R. Peabody
(m. 1915; div. 1922)
Harry Crosby
(m. 1922; died 1929)
Selbert Young
(m. 1937; div. 1939)
Children
2
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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^"Milestones: Feb. 9, 1970". Time. February 9, 1970. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
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