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Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty

Aug 3, 202645:14Arts

Historian Micki McElya’s book, ‘Liberation Summer,’ revisits September 1968, when three groups of women converged on the Atlantic City boardwalk: feminists protesting the Miss America Pageant, contestants in the first-ev...

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Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty is an episode from Fresh Air by NPR. Historian Micki McElya’s book, ‘Liberation Summer,’ revisits September 1968, when three groups of women converged on the Atlantic City boardwalk:...

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Published Aug 3, 2026, 45:14 long, audio available.

Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty

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