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Download or read book The Pageant of America written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margot Mifflin
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1640092242
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Looking for Miss America written by Margot Mifflin and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals—and how the pageant, nearing its one hundredth anniversary, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progress Looking for Miss America is a fast–paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution. From its start in 1921 as an Atlantic City tourist draw to its current incarnation as a scholarship competition, the pageant has indexed women’s status during periods of social change—the post–suffrage 1920s, the Eisenhower 1950s, the #MeToo era. This ever–changing institution has been shaped by war, evangelism, the rise of television and reality TV, and, significantly, by contestants who confounded expectations. Spotlighting individuals, from Yolande Betbeze, whose refusal to pose in swimsuits led an angry sponsor to launch the rival Miss USA contest, to the first black winner, Vanessa Williams, who received death threats and was protected by sharpshooters in her hometown parade, Margot Mifflin shows how women made hard bargains even as they used the pageant for economic advancement. The pageant’s history includes, crucially, those it excluded; the notorious Rule Seven, which required contestants to be “of the white race,” was retired in the 1950s, but no women of color were crowned until the 1980s. In rigorously researched, vibrant chapters that unpack each decade of the pageant, Looking for Miss America examines the heady blend of capitalism, patriotism, class anxiety, and cultural mythology that has fueled this American ritual.
Author : Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486797309
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Essential Documents of American History, Volume I written by Bob Blaisdell and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important documents in American history: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and much more.
Author : Thomas Andrew Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1114 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The American Pageant written by Thomas Andrew Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first Indian people to the present day.
Author : Thomas Andrew Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780669210514
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The American Pageant written by Thomas Andrew Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first Indian people to the present day.
Author : Amy Argetsinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982123400
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book There She Was written by Amy Argetsinger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post style editor’s fascinating and irresistible look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary. The sash. The tears. The glittering crown. And of course, that soaring song. For all its pomp and kitsch, the Miss America pageant is indelibly written into the American story of the past century. From its giddy origins as a summer’s-end tourist draw in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, it blossomed into a televised extravaganza that drew tens of millions of viewers in its heyday and was once considered the highest honor that a young woman could achieve. For two years, Washington Post reporter and editor Amy Argetsinger visited pageants and interviewed former winners and contestants to unveil the hidden world of this iconic institution. There She Was spotlights how the pageant survived decades of social and cultural change, collided with a women’s liberation movement that sought to abolish it, and redefined itself alongside evolving ideas about feminism. For its superstars—Phyllis George, Vanessa Williams, Gretchen Carlson—and for those who never became household names, Miss America was a platform for women to exercise their ambitions and learn brutal lessons about the culture of fame. Spirited and revelatory, There She Was charts the evolution of the American woman, from the Miss America catapulted into advocacy after she was exposed as a survivor of domestic violence to the one who used her crown to launch a congressional campaign; from a 1930s winner who ran away on the night of her crowning to a present-day rock guitarist carving out her place in this world. Argetsinger dissects the scandals and financial turmoil that have repeatedly threatened to kill the pageant—and highlights the unexpected sisterhood of Miss Americas fighting to keep it alive.
Author : Elisha Benjamin Andrews
Publisher : Printellegra company
ISBN 13 : 1449981976
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (499 download)
Download or read book History of the United States Volume 6 written by Elisha Benjamin Andrews and published by Printellegra company. This book was released on with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Conduct of Life written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilary Levey Friedman
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 080708364X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Here She Is written by Hilary Levey Friedman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh exploration of American feminist history told through the lens of the beauty pageant world. 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 the surprising ways pageants have been an empowering feminist tradition. She traces the role of pageants in many of the feminist movement’s signature achievements, including bringing women into the public sphere, helping them become leaders in business and politics, providing increased educational opportunities, and giving them a voice in the age of #MeToo. Using her unique perspective as a NOW state president, daughter to Miss America 1970, sometimes pageant judge, and scholar, Friedman explores how pageants became so deeply embedded in American life from their origins as a P.T. Barnum spectacle at the birth of the suffrage movement, through Miss Universe’s bathing beauties to the talent- and achievement-based competitions of today. She looks at how pageantry has morphed into culture everywhere from The Bachelor and RuPaul’s Drag Race to cheer and specialized contests like those for children, Indigenous women, and contestants with disabilities. Friedman also acknowledges the damaging and unrealistic expectations pageants place on women in society and discusses the controversies, including Miss America’s ableist and racist history, Trump’s ownership of the Miss Universe Organization, and the death of child pageant-winner JonBenét Ramsey. Presenting a more complex narrative than what’s been previously portrayed, Here She Is shows that as American women continue to evolve, so too will beauty pageants.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Judge written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bro-Dart Industries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Bro-Dart's Catalog of Books and Book Processing for School Libraries... written by Bro-Dart Industries and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emma Miller Bolenius
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
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Download or read book Literature in the Junior High School ... written by Emma Miller Bolenius and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2760 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular 20Th-century American Politicians written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 2760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Ranlet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076187142X
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Cadwallader Colden, 1688–1776 written by Philip Ranlet and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Philip Ranlet examines the prolific political career of Cadwallader Colden. Colden was the long lasting lieutenant governor of royal New York. A determined foe of entrenched interests in New York such as the manor lords, the lawyers, and the fur smugglers, he remained a vigorous supporter of the royal prerogative. He handled Indian relations for many years and was the first true historian of the Iroquois. Also one of the preeminent scientists of the colonial period and the Enlightenment itself, he established botany in America and also tried to revise the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden continued to battle the enemies ofBritish rule until his death during the American Revolution in 1776 at 88 years old.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492583065
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Sport in America, Volume II written by David K. Wiggins and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization, Volume II, presents 18 thought-provoking essays focusing on the changes and patterns in American sport during six distinct eras over the past 400 years. The selections are entirely different from those in the first volume, discussing diverse topics such as views of sport in the Puritan society of colonial New England, gender roles and the croquet craze of the 1800s, and the Super Bowl's place in contemporary sport. Each of the six parts includes an introduction to the essays, allowing readers to relate them to the cultural changes and influences of the period. Readers will find essays on well-known topics written by established scholars as well as new approaches and views from recent studies. Suitable for use as a stand-alone or supplemental text in undergraduate and graduate sport history courses, Sport in America provides students with opportunities to examine selected sport topics in more depth, realize a greater understanding of sport throughout history, and consider the interrelationships of sport and other societal institutions. Essays are arranged chronologically from the early American period to the present day to provide the proper historical context and offer perspective on changes that have occurred in sport over time. Also, a list of suggested readings provided in each part offers readers the opportunity to expand their thinking on the nature of sport throughout American history. Essays on how Pinehurst Golf Course was created, the interconnection between sport and the World War I military experience, and discussion of sport icons such as Joe Louis, Walter Camp, Jackie Robinson, and Cal Ripken Jr. allow readers to explore sport as a reflection of the changing values and norms of society. Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization, Volume II, provides students and scholars with perspectives regarding the role of sport at particular moments in American history and gives them an appreciation for the complex intersections of sport with society and culture.
Author : Association of American Railroads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book A Study of Railway Transportation written by Association of American Railroads and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
