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02736aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6238D52A11FC11EC8B377C2451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210910010020 008 210831s2021 nyuaf e b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1982123397 020 $a 9781982123390 035 $a (OCoLC)1266189072 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c FSP $e rda $d FSP $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OJ4 $d OCLCO $d JAS $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 791.6/6 $2 23/eng/20210825 100 1 $a Argetsinger, Amy, $e author. 245 10 $a There she was : $b the secret history of Miss America / $c Amy Argetsinger. 246 30 $a Secret history of Miss America 250 $a First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b One Signal Publishers/Atria, $c 2021. 300 $a xxv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Author's note -- Prologue -- "Somewhere out there is what you want to do" -- "It's like a performance of femininity" : becoming Miss America : October 2018 -- "Something electric in the room" : 1980 -- "They can exploit me any day" : 1970s -- "Until there is nothing more to win" : becoming Miss America : January 2019 -- "It couldn't just be a beauty contest" : 1921 -- "Miss New York is going to win" : 1983 -- "You cannot let down for a second." : becoming Miss America : June 2019 -- "Do you think I'm the first woman to have an interest?" : 1991 -- "I wanted to be a little out of the box : becoming Miss America : November 2019 -- "Everyone wanted something from me that I couldn't give them." : 2007 -- "You don't leverage the godfather" : 2017 -- "That title isn't going to win everything" : 2018 -- "There she is..." : becoming Miss America : December 2019 -- Epilogue. 520 $a An editor for The Washington Post's Style section offers a look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary, spotlighting how it has survived decades of social and cultural change and redefined itself alongside evolving ideas of feminism. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-348) and index. 611 20 $a Miss America Pageant $x History. 650 0 $a Beauty contests $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Beauty contestants $z United States $x History. 941 $a 8 952 $l HQPD845 $d 20240516015213.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409041121.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014840.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012021616.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023615.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20211002012154.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210921010103.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210910010128.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6238D52A11FC11EC8B377C2451ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search