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The Most Interesting Woman You've (Probably) Never Heard About
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What did you think of todays' episode?
There are definitely people that have heard about Mary Phelps Jacob--she patented the modern bra, and I personally thank her for that.
But...have you heard about Caresse Crosby--the woman she transformed into once she married Harry Crosby, embraced this new lifestyle in Paris, started a publishing company, became a ghost writer of erotica, founded Women Against War and Citizens of the World, and had an artist haven at a literal CASTLE in Rome? No? Well, let Jordan and I tell you that inventing the bra was honestly the tip of her iceberg sized life. From 1891-1970, Caresse Crosby not only became the literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris, but she was an activist when most women weren't even ready to have their own opinions. She even started the Black Sun Press with Harry to publish the first works of many famous authors, including Hemingway. In this episode, my college and super fashionable friend Jordan and I talk about not only her life, her impact, but why she probably isn't discussed as much. SPOILER: It's not just the open affair with Harry during her first marriage.
If you want to read the book by her great-granddaughter, Tamara Colchester, it is called The Heart is a Burial Ground.
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