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1. In 2500 B.C., Minoan women of Crete wore a bra-like garment that did what?
2. In 1893, Marie Tucek patented a 'breast supporter' that was most like our bra today. Instead of cups for the breasts, it had what?
3. For many years throughout history, women were forced to wear painful corsets. These garments could make a normal sized woman squeeze down to a waist size of 12 inches or smaller! Although sometimes flattering, they caused many women great discomfort. In 1913, Mary Phelps Jacobs was getting dressed to go to a formal dinner in a lacy dress, and the corset she was wearing had some of the whalebones and steel rods sticking out. This was the beginning of the 'bra as we know it'. She created a 'bra-like' garment out of what?
4. Mary Phelps Jacob made these brassieres for friends and family for about a year. She patented them under the company name of 'Caress Crosby'. In 1914, she sold the rights to the Warner Brothers Corset Company for what amount?
5. During World War I, the corset companies were dealt a real blow by the government when women were asked to quit buying corsets. Why was that?
6. What important thing did Russian immigrant, Ida Rosenthal, do in 1928?
7. Story has it that there has been one fatality due to wearing a bra. True or False?
8. The word 'brassiere' is French for what?
9. According to a 1994 book 'Dressed To Kill' by authors Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijerin, it was suggested that wearing a bra can increase a woman's chance of dying from what?
10. There were 4730 women in the 'Dressed To Kill' study. During the study, they figured out how many of the bra-less women were less likely to contract breast cancer than the women who wore bras everyday. How many times was it?
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