1972- Miss America Gives An Impassioned Speech

3,199 views · Published 9 March 2018 · 15:50 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: David Hoffman · 2018 · Film & Animation

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To support my efforts to create more clips please donate to me at www.patreon.com/allinaday. The speaker is Bess Myerson former Miss America. She became a political activist during the 1970s and was an incredible speaker. Her life was both powerful and conflicted as you can read on Wikipedia. This speech was given at a Mother's Day celebration during the height of the Vietnam conflict in America.

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