Caresse Crosbyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Caresse Crosby (April 20, 1891–January 26, 1970), born Mary Phelps Jacob, was an American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, and peace activist. Her parents William Hearns Jacob and Mary Phelps nicknamed her Polly. They were both descended from American colonial families, William from the Van Renssalear family and Mary from William Phelps. At age 19, she invented the first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance. Her life at first followed convention. In 1915, she married the well-to-do Richard R. Peabody, whose family had arrived in New Hampshire in 1635. They had two children, but following Richard's service in World War I, Richard turned into a drunk who loved to watch buildings burn.^:79 She met Harry Crosby at a picnic in 1920 and they had sex within two weeks. Their public relationship scandalized proper blue blood Boston society.