Caresse Crosby
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American publisher, activist, and inventor of the bra (1892–1970)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Caresse Crosby is referenced by 70 other articles, and connects out to bra, Paul Éluard and Finnegans Wake.
Vinony files it under 1892 births, 1970 deaths and 20th-century American businesspeople.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1970
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Portfolio
- Impossible melodies
- Crosses of gold
- Graven images
- Poems for Harry Crosby
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Rome
- Spouse
- Harry Crosby
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Educated at
- Choate Rosemary Hall
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Field of work
- art
- Image
- Caresse Crosby and her whippet.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1892-04-20
- date of death
- 1970-01-24
- birth name
- Mary Phelps Jacob
- writing language
- English language
- personal library at
- Harry Ransom Center
- married name
- Mary Peabody
- Commons category
- Caresse Crosby
- name in native language
- Caresse Crosby
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Categories
1892 births1970 deaths20th-century American businesspeople20th-century American businesswomen20th-century American designers20th-century American inventors20th-century American women inventorsAmerican book publishers (people)American expatriates in FranceAmerican fashion designersAmerican pornographersAmerican socialitesAmerican women fashion designersArtists from New York CityBusinesspeople from New York CityChapin School (Manhattan) alumniChoate Rosemary Hall alumniIMDb title ID different from WikidataLost Generation writersPolyamorous peopleVan Rensselaer family