Undergarment Boudreaux showed the world that an American woman could establish and run a company, and she also caused a revolution in the underwear industry. In 1913, a New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob created the first modern brassiere by tying two handkerchiefs together with ribbon. Jacob's original intention was to cover the whalebone sticking out of her corset, which was visible through her sheer dress. Jacob began making brassieres for her family and friends, and news of the garment soon spread by word of mouth. By 1914, Jacob had a patent for her design and was marketing it throughout
Caroline Phelps Stokes plus needy and deserving white students. Her sister, Olivia, continued her charitable works and acted as a trustee of the Phelps Stokes Fund. She also donated two tenements to the fund called the Dudley complex at 339-349 East 32nd Street, New York, designed by her nephew, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. She, like her sister Caroline, never married and died in 1927. Caroline Phelps Stokes Caroline Phelps Stokes (4 December 1854 – 1909) was a benefactor to many organisations that helped the underprivileged in the USA, Africa and the Near East, supporting churches, libraries, educational establishments, orphanages, housing and more. A