Miss America protest was a demonstration held at the Miss America 1969 contest on September 7 , 1968 , attended by about 200 feminists and separately , by civil rights advocates . The feminist protest , organized by New York Radical Women , included tossing symbolic feminine products , including bras , hairspray , makeup , girdles , corsets , false eyelashes , mops , and other items into a " Freedom Trash Can " on the Atlantic City boardwalk
Miss America 1969
Miss America 1969
Miss America protest