"Bess Myerson ... The One and Only Jewish Miss America". This is a free online history class. Al Young is a history teacher. Voluntary tuition payments are accepted. Here is the link to the history class webpage, and please watch the video and then scroll down for more information and articles: https://filmfreeway.com/BessMyerson
Voluntary tuition payments are accepted:
Al Young
Phone/Text: (520) 338-1004
Email: alyoung770@gmail.com
In September 1945, Bess Myerson, Miss New York City, made history at the most famous beauty pageant in the world, the Miss American beauty pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In spite of anonymous phone calls to judges, threats from sponsors, and growing antisemitism, the daughter of struggling immigrants from Russia became the first Jewish Miss America. The judges could not change the point count: the beauty queen from the Bronx won the swimsuit competition, tied for first place in talent, and was top-ranked in interview and evening gown categories. But was the country ready for a Jewish Miss America?
The history class tells the surprising story of Bess Myerson, her parents and sisters, and the Sholom Aleichem housing project that shaped so many Jewish families starting out in the United States. This 50-minute film documentary follows Bess from her improbable entrance in her local beauty pageant through her heartbreak when sponsors withdrew their support and restricted tour stops closed their doors on Beth Myerson.
