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Beauty Queens
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PRIMARY TOPIC Grinnell “queens” of the 50s and 60s such as local pageant winners and homecoming queens
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY Queens, homecoming, beauty pageants
Post title: Queen For a Day …in Grinnell
Date published: October 12, 2022
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2022/10/queen-for-dayin-grinnell.html
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: x2022-10-12 Queen For a Day …in Grinnell
Summary: In the 50s and 60s, both the Grinnell community and Grinnell College were swept up in the trend of beauty pageants and other competitions for women popularized by the rise of television. Many women in Grinnell were judged on intellect, beauty, and pose, and were crowned homecoming queens and local pageant winners. The pageants died off due to lack of interest and changing social trends, including pushback from early feminist and women’s liberation groups.
Abbott, Kathleen
Baker, Jacqueline Jean
Barnes, Joy
Bates, Sandy
Beale, Barbara Anne
Beardslee, Nancy
Brusletten, Leslie
Burdett, Jodie
Christensen, Joan
Clark, Michele “Mickie”
Compton, Betty
Cook, Marilyn
Cooke, Nancy
Crawford, Lilian
Crowl, Doris
Davis, Kathy
Detering, Ellen
Draemel, Pam
Dunn, Dianne
Faunce, Susan
Fleck, Carol Lynn
Foster, Sue
Hamann, Sally
Hasekamp, Sharon
Honor G
Houdek, Laurie
Lahue, Marge
Lewis, Katherine
Mellman, Richard “Dick” “the Kid”
Miller, Sharon
Mix, Sabeth
Parish, Gail
Parks, Bert
Ponce, Ruby Jo
Prangley, Mary Kate
Reimer, Bob
Root, Cindy
Schaab, Janet Catherine
Sternberg, Ruthie
Straley, Walter
Streiff, Jan
Webster, Catherine
Welch, Nancy
Wyle, Janith