The 'Bra Burning' Miss America Protest - A Brief History of
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One of the most legendary protests by second-wave feminists took place on Sept. 7, 1968, when nearly 400 women protested the Miss America pageant outside the Atlantic City Convention Center. Organizer
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Remembering 1968: When Miss America met women's liberation - CBS News
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100 Women: The truth behind the 'bra-burning' feminists
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Breaking the Color Line, American Experience, Official Site
EduEdge GP Specialists - [#DidYouKnowSeries] AND NOW YOU KNOW. 👀 “They never burned them” Ms Morgan, one of the organisers of the protest said (BBC, September 2018). The truth is that a
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Fashion, Freedom and Feminism: How technology saved us from burning our bras – Feminist Studies Association
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Why it might be time to say goodbye to the bra
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The Miss America Protest of 1968
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Feminism: The Second Wave National Women's History Museum
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Miss America - Wikipedia