The book cover for "There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America" by Amy Argetsinger features a historical black-and-white photograph of a Miss America pageant winner seated and holding a scepter. She is wearing a sash that reads "America." The title "There She Was" is prominently displayed in bold, white lettering across the lower part of the image. Below the title, the subtitle "The Secret History of Miss America" is written in a smaller blue font.
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The book cover for "There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America" by Amy Argetsinger features a historical black-and-white photograph of a Miss America pageant winner seated and holding a scepter. She is wearing a sash that reads "America." The title "There She Was" is prominently displayed in bold, white lettering across the lower part of the image. Below the title, the subtitle "The Secret History of Miss America" is written in a smaller blue font.

There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America

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Price:
$12.00

Description

Author  Amy Argetsinger

Publisher Atria/One Signal Publishers (November 8, 2022)

Binding Paperback

Condition like new

Summary

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.

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