Bohemian style was not really until the First World War that "many working women ... embarked on a revolution in fashion that greatly reduced the weight and restrictions imposed on them by their clothing". Some women working in factories wore trousers and the brassiere (invented in 1889 by the feminist Herminie Cadolle and patented in America by Mary Phelps Jacob in 1914) began gradually to supersede the corset. In shipyards "trouser suits" (the term, "pantsuit" was adopted in America in the 1920s) were virtually essential to enable women to shin up and down ladders. Music hall artists also helped to push the
Ruth Barrett Phelps the principal organist at The First Church of Christ, Scientist by 1950, the Aeolian-Skinner organ installed during her tenure was designed by her husband. As a result she became one of Boston's prominent musicians, and made recordings and national radio broadcasts from the church. She was dean of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Guild of Organists. In addition to he church work she gave concerts of classical music. Ruth Barrett Phelps died on August 30, 1980 in San Mateo, California. Ruth Barrett Phelps Ruth Barrett Phelps (October 21, 1899 - August 30, 1980) was an American organist whose career