"People & Events: The First Miss America Beauty Pageant." Miss America. American Experience, 07 November 2013.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e_first.html
2. White Strikes Me the Most
When writing my paper, I wanted to start out with giving a good, solid history about beauty pageants. I went through several sources in order to compile my information, and this was just one of those sources that helped me discuss the history of Miss America. The source seemed very reputable for not being a scholarly source (at least, I would think PBS knows what they're talking about!) and the length of the information seemed promising.
3. As plans proceeded and contestants were selected, a local Atlantic City newspaperman, Herb Test, enthusiastically proclaimed, "And we'll call her Miss America."
"he first Miss America competition was kicked off by the arrival of King Neptune on a barge that landed at the Atlantic City Yacht Club."
" From the very beginning, the pageant was confronted with a conflict between the effort to present an image of innocence and virtue while, at the same time, promoting a spectacle where women paraded in public in bathing suits."
4. The Source Reconsidered
The source, after reading, made me realize that it's hard to quote information like this because it's so black and white. At best, I would paraphrase it and work it into a bigger paragraph. The article was very light on its' subject matter, though towards the end it started to get a into the nitty gritty of problems that arose. I wish it had explained more about the last paragraph, but it was a very useful resource.
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