The Resource There she was : the secret history of Miss America, Amy Argetsinger
There she was : the secret history of Miss America, Amy Argetsinger
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The item There she was : the secret history of Miss America, Amy Argetsinger represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781982123390
- Label
- There she was : the secret history of Miss America
- Title
- There she was
- Title remainder
- the secret history of Miss America
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy Argetsinger
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Argetsinger, Amy
- Dewey number
- 791.6/6
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1220.U5
- LC item number
- A64 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Miss America Pageant
- Beauty contests
- Beauty contestants
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- There she was : the secret history of Miss America, Amy Argetsinger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-348) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781982123390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1266189072
- (OCoLC)on1266189072
- 3896837
- 3923573
- Label
- There she was : the secret history of Miss America, Amy Argetsinger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-348) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781982123390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1266189072
- (OCoLC)on1266189072
- 3896837
- 3923573
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