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Here she is : the complicated reign of the beauty pageant in America

text Here she is : the complicated reign of the beauty pageant in America

Summary
"Many predicted that pageants would disappear by the 21st century. Yet they are thriving. America's most enduring contest, Miss America, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. Why do they persist? In Here She Is, Hilary Levey Friedman reveals t... Read more
Contents
Pt. I The Birth of American Pageantry and the Feminist Movement -- ch. 1 America's Handsomest Suffragists: The Start Of The Woman Movement And Beauty Culture -- ch. 2 Sashes And Suffrage: After The Vote -- pt. II The (Second) Wave of Bras and Beli... Read more
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xvi, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
Beacon Press 2020

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 791.6 FRI in Adult Non-fiction Available

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