Miss America protest (1968)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	protest
gptkbp:date	September 7, 1968
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Sisterhood_is_Powerful_(book) The Feminine Mystique (context)
gptkbp:feature	Freedom Trash Can
gptkbp:hashtag	#MissAmericaProtest1968
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Miss America protest (1968)
gptkbp:influenced	second-wave feminism
gptkbp:inspiredBy	future feminist protests
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	widespread national attention
gptkbp:mediaMyth	bra burning (no bras were actually burned)
gptkbp:method	gptkb:technology picketing discarding items in Freedom Trash Can
gptkbp:notableFor	symbolic bra burning origin of 'bra-burning' myth
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Shulamith_Firestone gptkb:Carol_Hanisch gptkb:Robin_Morgan Alix Kates Shulman
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Miss_America_Organization beauty standards commercialization of women racism in pageants
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:New_York_Radical_Women
gptkbp:participants	about 200
gptkbp:protestedItems	cosmetics bras high-heeled shoes mops curlers girdles pots and pans Playboy magazines
gptkbp:purpose	protest objectification of women protest sexism
gptkbp:relatedEvent	Miss Black America pageant (1968)
gptkbp:resultedIn	increased visibility for feminist movement
gptkbp:slogan	No More Miss America!
gptkbp:target	gptkb:beauty_pageant
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Women's_Liberation_Movement gptkb:Women's_liberation_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7