The story of … the bra

Authors

Deirdre McGhee, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

95253

Publication Details

McGhee, D. (2014). The story of … the bra. The Conversation, (5 November), 1-4.

Link to publisher version (URL)

The Conversation

Abstract

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the first bra patent. Amazingly for the time - 1914 - it was made by a woman in her twenties, Mary (Polly) Phelps Jacob (nee Crosby).