Wearing a bra can KILL you?!? Who really invented the bra?

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing who REALLY invented the bra and how wearing a bra can kill you? The person who is reported as having invented the bra, may not BE THE FIRST person to actually come up with this idea! In today's video we discuss a brief history of the bra!    ~ Christina =)
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Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro 
0:44 - Mary Phelps Jacob 
2:01 - A brief discussion of corsets
4:04 - How Mary came up with the idea for the Bra
 6:39 - Selling her bra patent + The success of the bra
8:13 - Who really Invented the bra?
10:38 - Ida Rosenthal - Innovation around the bra
14:00 - Can your bra kill you? 
14:54 - That one time someones bra KILLED them! + Outro 

**THESE EPIsodes ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY,  always do your own research when searching for the truth =) **

RESOURCES: 
https://colemanr.wordpress.com/culture-site-introduction/the-bra-is-born/ 
https://www.phelpsfamilyhistory.com/bios/mary_phelps_jacob.asp
https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/mary-jacob
http://www.women-inventors.com/Mary-Phelps-Jacob.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caresse_Crosby
https://levanabratique.com/blog/womens-history-month-mary-phelps-jacobs-entreprenuer-and-no-stranger-to-scandal/
https://recollections.biz/blog/from-corset-to-the-first-modern-bra/
https://americacomesalive.com/caresse-crosby-born-mary-phelps-jacob-and-called-polly-1892-1970/
https://levanabratique.com/blog/womens-history-month-mary-phelps-jacobs-entreprenuer-and-no-stranger-to-scandal/

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