Freedom Trash Can, Miss America protest, Atlantic City, 1968

Title: Freedom Trash Can, Miss America protest, Atlantic City, 1968
Rights: This material is made available for research, scholarship, and private study. Copyright in this material has not been transferred to Duke University. Express permission from Alix Kates Shulman is required for any other use. Public scholarship use.
Creator: Shulman, Alix Kates (b. 1932)
Date: 1968 C.E.
Description: Two women at the Miss America protest in Atlantic City, throw items into the "freedom trashcan" which symbolized freeing themselves from the "feminine" label and role given to them by society. As they throw their items, a female reporter watches and records audio through a handheld microphone. In the background, many other women standby in the protest, one of them wearing her bra on top of her dress as a symbol of liberation.
Format: Black and white photograph. 5 x 7 in.
Publisher: Duke University Libraries.
Contributor: Faith N. Cooksey
Identifier: Duke University Libraries. ark:/87924/r30d7k.
Subject: Women's liberation; Miss America protest; Atlantic City; feminism; trashcan; 1960s.
Source: Jpeg file. Duke University Libraries. 12/02/21. https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r30d7k

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