Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1915
At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras, girdles, curlers and spike-heeled shoes, the bra-burning myth was launched by the media and, in spite of its inaccuracy and spiteful intent, put radical feminism on the map.
topic: America, Media, Shoes, Radical Feminism, Miss America, Pageant, Girdles, Trash Cans