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Women threw — but, contrary to lore, did not incinerate — bras at the 1968 protest of the pageant. But the protest would be where the phrase “women’s liberation” first gained national attention.
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1968 Miss America protest: No, feminists didn't really burn their bras - The Washington Post
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