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Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty
Listen to the episodeA historical account of September 1968, when feminists protesting the Miss America Pageant, contestants in the first-ever Miss Black America Pageant, and defenders of Miss America converged on the Atlantic City boardwalk. McElya argues this collision created a politics of beauty that shaped the rise of the religious right, the #MeToo era, and contemporary culture.
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