The Secret History of Miss America • 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.
A Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood • Winner of the Popular Culture Association’s Emily Toth Best Book in Women’s Studies Award From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss ...
The History of the Miss America Pageant Before, After and in Spite of Television • Traces the pageant's history from its inception in 1920 through its emergence as American popular culture icon, not only chronicling events but presenting two opposing perspectives on the pageant: the pageant as celebration and idealization ...