There’s something of an ongoing debate among historians and chroniclers of the 1960s progressive movement about the origins and accuracy of stories about bra-burning feminists. (Though they may now be ...
During a demonstration by feminists at the 1968 Miss America pageant, some bras -- along with numerous other items -- were burned when a trash receptacle was briefly set alight. What's False The ...
From the moment Mad Men debuted, the fashion industry was smitten with the tightly coiled restraint inherent in early-'60s attire—a time when young women mimicked the starched orderliness of their ...
About 100 protesters flocked to the Atlantic City boardwalk in the summer of 1968 to protest what they called a sexist “cattle auction.” That cattle auction was the Miss America pageant — the Super ...