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The
patent for the first bra was
filed on February 12, 1914 by
14-year-old Mary Phelps Jacobs,
who fashioned a prototype from
handkerchief and pins with the
help of her French maid. She
sold the patent to Warners for
$1,500.
I learned this from an article
by Sarah Shard in The Houston
Chronicle.
—Amy
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