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Worth Gold: Feminism and Leadership at the Miss Bell Gardens Pageant

Worth Gold: Feminism and Leadership at the Miss Bell Gardens Pageant

Bell Gardens City Council members with the 2015 Miss Bell Gardens Court. Photo: City of Bell Gardens “All the court … More

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