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Miss America 1968
source two
impacts of the protest
let the world know that a women's liberation movement was underway
The Miss America Pageant was an ideal magnet for media attention (
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh//amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e_feminists.html
)
attracted attention from every major newspaper in the country
after that event, the women's movement gained momentum and the media increasingly took it seriously
The late 60s annual telecast of the Miss America Pageant was one of the highest-rated programs of the year, carrying nearly two-thirds of the night's television audience. That year, with media coverage of the protest, a wider audience than ever before became aware of the women's liberation movement.
http://theconversation.com/miss-america-1968-when-civil-rights-and-feminist-activists-converged-on-atlantic-city-64850
Many now hail it as the opening salvo of the second-wave feminist movement in America
the franchise did evolve in response to the civil rights and feminist movements, placing more emphasis on women’s abilities and finally featuring a black contestant in 1970
http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/legal-and-political-magazines/no-more-miss-america
Despite the fact that thousands embraced feminism after the publicity engendered by the Miss America protest, the new stereotype of women's libbers kept many others away from the movement.
thhroughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Miss America pageant became progressively more liberal, emphasizing scholarship, achievement, and public service over female beauty, largely as a response to feminist led changes in society.
dea that radical feminists were unattractive, bitter, or jealous of other women, and that the protestors were criticizing the Miss America contestants, rather than the pageant and the society that promoted it, came to haunt feminists
1968 was a year of great upheaval in the United States
assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy
in the midst of the Vietnam War , which caused great internal division in the country
The pageant protest was organized by the New York Radical Women (N.Y.R.W.), a group of women who had been active in the civil rights, the New Left, and the antiwar movements. Their experiences in those movements had offered them conflicting messages
source one
No More Miss America!
values
origin
created by Robin Morgan, one of the key organizers of the event
is a WRITER, has had many of her articles published, knows how to address the public and how to use the words in order to reach the people
many of the protestors, including Robin Morgan, were also involved with other liberal concerns of the day, and a critique of the pageant's relationship to race, capitalism, and the war in Vietnam, is prominent in Morgan's work.
created especially for the divulgation of the protest,
purpose
The official Miss America website refers to this day of protests as an event that encouraged change in the Miss America Organization
created especially for the divulgation of the protest, reflecting therefore their main goals and where they wanted to get with their actions
content
it represented the opinions of a group of protestors amidst Second-Wave Feminism
the rejection of male police officers was important in the protest because it brought attention to the fact that female officers in Atlantic City were not permitted to make arrests.
Their reason for not allowing males seems to lead one to believe that men were the enemy
while not allowing men to participate, the protestors were willing to accept donations from men
limitations
origin
purpose
content
the protest
http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/legal-and-political-magazines/no-more-miss-america
sep. 7, 1968, Atlantic City, New Jersey
several hundred women from other feminist groups and cities came to New Jersey to participate in the demonstration
the New York Radical Women (NYRW), a newly formed women's liberation group, staged a colourful protest on the boardwalk
often described as the beginning of the second wave of feminism in the United States
the first time that the mainstream media—the television news, magazines, and newspapers—covered radical feminist protest
provoked storms of controversy, introduced feminism to millions, and signaled an era of profound social change for women.
image of feminists as out of control, neurotic, defiant bra burners emerged
Despite the fact that thousands embraced feminism after the publicity engendered by the Miss America protest, the new stereotype of women's libbers kept many others away from the movement
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROTEST
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Miss America pageant became progressively more liberal, emphasising scholarship, achievement, and public service over female beauty, largely as a response to feminist led changes in society.