Fifty years ago, a protest against the Miss America pageant kicked off a new phase of the women’s liberation movement. We present a narrative history of that landmark protest, as …
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Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler
Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler
Laura Tanenbaum is an Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY whose work has appeared in publications including Jacobin, Dissent and the New York Times. Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent. His latest book is "This Is an Uprising."
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A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map—and showcased a radical feminist vision that remains relevant in the age of Trump.
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A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.