lessons anyone. >> the 1960s was about women demanding justice in the society and nowhere was this more public and powerful than the 1968 miss america contest. >> we had a freedom trash can and we threw in bras, diapers, high heel shoes, girdles and steno pads and symbols of women oppression. it struck a cord with so many women around the country, in some ways it was the first national emerges of a bottom's movement, per se. >> everything felt a lot more on the edge. george wallace was running for president. it felt like everything was turning into a sea of turmoil.