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	Bess Myerson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bess Myerson (born 16 July 1924) is a United States celebrity.
		Myerson became famous as the first Jew to win the Miss America pageant in 1945, and then appeared in various television shows in the 1950s and 1960s.
		Bess Myerson was born in the Bronx, New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bess_Myerson (286 words)

	Bess Myerson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bess Myerson (born 16 July, 1924) is a (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States (A widely known person) celebrity.
		Bess Myerson was born in the (A borough of New York City) Bronx, (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
		She became a social activist for (Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equ) civil rights.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bess_myerson.htm (314 words)

	American Experience \| Miss America \| People & Events
		Myerson was a Jewish girl from the Bronx, New York, the daughter of struggling Russian immigrants.
		Myerson, who was not only beautiful, but impressed judges with her talent at the piano, had entered the pageant in hopes of money for graduate school.
		Myerson planned to use the scholarship to pursue her music studies, after a year of public appearances and promotions for the pageant.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e_mind.html (789 words)

	Jewish-American Hall of Fame -- Virtual Tour
		Bess encountered anti-Semitism during the Miss America Pageant, when an official tried to convince her to change her name to one that was less ethnic, suggesting Betty Merrick.
		Bess Myerson, determined to fight racial bigotry, traveled around the country speaking in behalf of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, in cooperation with the NAACP and the Urban League.
		Myerson is a Founder of The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, where she established the Bess Myerson Film and Video Collection with a grant of over a million dollars.
	www.amuseum.org /jahf/virtour/page34.html (430 words)

	FORWARD : FastForward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		When Bess Myerson went to Atlantic City to compete in the Miss America pageant, a woman with numbers tattooed on her arm stopped her to ask, in Yiddish, if Miss Myerson were Jewish.
		Bess answered that she was, and the woman hugged her and said, "If America chooses a Jewish girl to be Miss America, I will know that I've come to a safe country."
		Bess Myerson was born to politically liberal Russian Jewish immigrants who were determined that their daughters would be musicians.
	www.forward.com /issues/1998/98.12.04/fastforward.html (640 words)

	j. - Bess Myerson reflects on fame, Miss America and Judaism (print view)
		Fifty years after she was crowned Miss America, Bess Myerson's face lights up with the same wide, toothy smile that captivated Atlantic City.
		Myerson was a college graduate in music who longed to be a conductor.
		She was accused of hiring a judge's daughter so Myerson's lover would get favorable treatment from the judge handling his divorce case.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/2125/format/print/displaystory.print (883 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bess Myerson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining.
		The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years.
		Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch, LL.B (born December 12, 1924) was the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bess-Myerson (1128 words)

	Personal Information for Bess Myerson
		Biographical Information: A pioneer in both beauty pageants and social and political awareness, Bess Myerson was born in the Bronx on July 15, 1924.
		Myerson attended the High School of Music and Art, where she studied piano and flute.
		Myerson was also denied admission into a country club because of her religion.
	www.jwa.org /archive/jsp/perInfo.jsp?personID=891 (364 words)

	The Witness: Sukhreet Gabel
		Bess was Bess Myerson, the popular cultural-affairs commissioner (and former Miss America), and Gabel was her special assistant.
		Prosecutors charged that she got the job because of an illegal deal between Myerson, whose sewer-contractor boyfriend Andy Capasso was looking for someone to lower his alimony payments, and Gabel’s mother, Hortense, a respected State Supreme Court justice who was looking for someone to hire her eccentric, depressive daughter.
		Though Myerson, Hortense Gabel, and Capasso were all acquitted of bribery and conspiracy charges, none returned to public life.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/people/features/2271 (473 words)

	Untitled Document
		These awards are given to student journalists and publications from American colleges and universities who have demonstrated excellence in published reportage and commentary in the field of intergroup relations.
		The ADL Bess Myerson Campus Journalism Award competition seeks to encourage campus journalists to think critically about issues of interracial, interethnic, intercultural and interreligious relations and communications and to express their ideas on these topics in a sensitive and insightful manner.
		Myerson began an ADL-sponsored speaking tour entitled "You Can't Be Beautiful and Hate," touring high schools and college campuses throughout the country to encourage the values of goodwill and understanding among people of all religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds.
	www.adl.org /Campus/myerson/Myerson_a.asp (274 words)

	Bess Myerson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bess Myerson (llevado el 16 de julio de 1924) es una celebridad de Estados Unidos.
		Bess Myerson nació en el Bronx, Nueva York.
		Mientras que competía en los pagents Myerson de la belleza fue aconsejado en varias ocasiones para utilizar un seudónimo que "sonaría menos judío", solamente ella rechazó.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/be/Bess%20Myerson.htm (204 words)

	Bess Myerson - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Bess Myerson - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		She became a social activist for civil rights.
		In 1980, Myerson ran for the Democratic nomination for New York's junior U.S. Senate seat against Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman and former New York City mayor John Lindsay.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bess_Myerson (265 words)

	Miss America, 1945: Bess Myerson and the Year That Changed Our Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		And Bess Myerson was America's first (and still only) Jewish Miss America, an groundbreaking achievement that makes for riveting cultural and social history.
		What is particularly fascinating is Myerson's candid revelations of what it was like to be the first (and only) Jewish Miss America and her emergent political activism that resulted from her experiences with the beauty pageant.
		Bess Myerson symbolized so much, at a very important time in American history.
	www.textkit.com /0_1557043817.html (314 words)

	Variety.com - Condon to helm Myerson biopic
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Condon developed the script with fellow writer John HoffmanJohn Hoffman, who remains attached to the "Bess" film, a portrait of the former beauty queen whose career in public life was sullied by allegations of influence-peddling and corruption.
		In December 1988, Myerson, Capasso and former judge Hortense Gabel were acquitted in federal court in Manhattan of charges that they had engaged in a scheme to reduce Capasso's alimony payments to his former wife, Nancy.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117503885 (300 words)

	American Experience \| Miss America \| People & Events
		Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 and daughter of Russian-Jewish parents, while technically eligible to compete under rule seven, sensed the far-reaching bigotry behind it.
		Myerson was the first Jewish Miss America -- and the only one ever to be crowned, as of 2001.
		In addition to Myerson, others had pushed the boundaries of the pageant's unwritten and written rules for inclusion.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e_inclusion.html (994 words)

	Miss America :: History - 1945
		Bess was instrumental in the enactment of open-dating and unit pricing in supermarkets, has served as a board member to many civic and philanthropic organizations, and has served as the National Commissioner to the Anti-Defamation League.
		Bess's background in journalism and concern over today's racial and religious tensions on college and university campuses recently led her to endow an award for campus journalists whose coverage addresses these issues.
		Bess has always been known for encouraging values of goodwill and understanding to all!
	www.miss-america.org /our-miss-americas/1940/1945.asp (111 words)

	NATIONAL ADL/BESS MYERSON CONTEST AWARDS STUDENT JOURNALISTS FOR PROMOTING INTERGROUP UNDERSTANDING THROUGH CAMPUS ...
		Myerson presented cash prizes to students from The University of Massachusetts; Clark University; University of Wisconsin; Yale University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of North Carolina; and Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University.
		Myerson created the awards with ADL to combat prejudice and bigotry on college campuses.
		Myerson or the students or to receive copies of the winning articles please contact the Media Relations Department at (212) 885-7749.
	www.adl.org /presrele/Mise_00/3174_00.asp (585 words)

	Jewish-American Hall of Fame -- News
		Bess Myerson is the Jewish-American honoree for 2001.
		The medals created in her honor feature a portrait and the quote: "There can be no place for prejudice in our nation or in our hearts." The 2 inch, over 2 oz.
		Bess Myerson medals are available in limited editions of 999 bronze, 499 pure silver and 49 10kt gold for contributions of $29.50, $85 and $995 respectively.
	www.amuseum.org /jahf/news/myerson.html (135 words)

	The Hedgehog Report » Open Thread 08/30/05
		Bess Myerson ran for the democratic nomination for the US senate in NY in 1980.
		Myerson lost to Holtzman by nearly 100,000 votes as Lindsay and Santucci deprived her of votes she probably would have gotten.
		Holtzman, who beat Myerson in the primary, was perhaps the one democrat who could have lost to D’Amato.
	www.davidwissing.com /index.php/4585 (999 words)

	Style: Visible storytellers: women narrators on 1950s daytime television - Critical Essay
		Because men were required to submit a reason for competing in an initial letter, a woman's story was pretold for her, and her reticence was compulsory on the program itself.
		In early versions, Bess Myerson introduces the male contestant alone, and he explains his dilemma to host Randy Merriman.
		On an episode that aired early in 1958, Myerson introduces contestants Florence and Robert Conway to host Bob Paige and then exits, deferring to the superiority of a male host.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2342/is_2_35/ai_97074190/pg_6 (1086 words)

	Nice n' Light [PressPoints Vol.02 Iss.1] - 4PointsPress.com
		Interestingly enough, I am old enough to recall only three arrests of star-studded shoplifters: Hedy Lamarr, Bess Myerson, and now Winona Ryder, who is alleged to have taken $5,000 worth of clothes and hair products from Saks Fifth Avenue in the Rodeo Drive section of Beverly Hills.
		At the time of her arrest for shoplifting, outside a shopping mall, she was also facing charges for bribery and conspiracy coming from hiring a judge's daughter, presumably to influence the judge to rule favorably toward Myerson's lover in his divorce case.
		I only mention the stressful trial in Bess Myerson's life because it may be an indicator of kleptomania in her case.
	www.4pointspress.com /presspoints/2002/0105/nice_nlight.html (788 words)

	Celebrity OOps! - Bess Myerson Miss Ameica 1945
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		Merv Griffin; Betsy Palmer; Henry Morgan; Bess Myerson
		Bess Myerson; Bill Cullen; Betsy Palmer; Henry Morgan (who is late for the show!)
		Bess Myerson; Henry Morgan; Joan Benny; Betsy Palmer
	www.hellodere.com /5.html (759 words)

	The Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia, PA
		She was not the Bess Myerson - the only Jewish woman to have won the Miss America title, back in 1945 - but a Bess Myerson nonetheless.
		The Philadelphia native, who relocated permanently to her seasonal apartment house in Atlantic City seven years ago, said she's been connected with the pageant ever since she was little: "We came every summer to the shore and never went home until after the Miss America parade.
		She recalled the Bess Myerson moment, though she was just a girl at the time.
	www.jewishexponent.com /ViewArticle.asp?ArtID=858 (1600 words)

	Miss America 1945: Bess Myerson and The Year That Changed Our Lives - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dworkin weaves together oral histories, research and commentary to present not only a vivid portrait of pre-feminist America in the '30s and...
		Ably narrated by Bess Myerson and Adam Grupper, Miss America 1945 is Susan Dworkin's engaging rendition of Bess Myerson's memoirs of her self as a naive Jewish girl from the Bronx, a scheming beauty pageant promoter, and rampant anti-Semitism within the context of a national post-war euphoria.
		What is particularly fascinating is Myerson's candid revelations of what it was like to be the first (and only) Jewish Miss America and her emergent political activism that resulted from her experiences with the...
	www.techwritingjobs.com /shop/asinsearch_1893079007.html (330 words)

	Bess Myerson - 35th Anniversary of New York Magazine
		Bess Myerson - 35th Anniversary of New York Magazine
		She is accused of using her influence to get lover Carl "Andy" Capasso a $53.6 million sewer contract and hiring Sukhreet Gabel, the 39-year-old daughter of Judge Hortense Gabel, who subsequently lowered alimony and child-support payments for Capasso.
		Myerson blames her troubles on "a conspiracy of vindictive homosexuals; they're out to get me.They're jealous because I'm the two things they can never be: a woman and a Miss America."
	www.newyorkmetro.com /news/articles/03/03/35th/crazedcity/crimes/19.htm (179 words)

	Business Wire: Game Show Network Rings in the Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shows highlight ends with celebrity panelists Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson, Betsy Palmer, Jack E. Leonard and host Garry Moore playing bells accompanied by the Salvation Army band in Christmas caroling (12/18/61) 5:20 a.m.
		Celebrity panelists Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson and Betsy Palmer (12/16/63) Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 4:00 a.m.
		Celebrity panelists Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson and Betsy Palmer (12/23/59) Christmas Day Schedule - Dec. 25, 2001 "12 Games of Christmas" is scheduled to run Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2001, from 8 a.m.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Dec_17/ai_80838957 (1176 words)

	FORWARD : Featherman File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Stavans looks forward to the day "when a masterpiece of Hispanic identity, in order to be fully appreciated by millions of people, not only in the United States, but around the world, shall be composed in the vernacular: Spanglish."
		Myerson relates that after she was crowned Miss New York City, a pageant official told her to change her name.
		Myerson, 75, "looks back on her reign with pride.
	www.forward.com /issues/2000/00.10.20/featherman.html (572 words)

	eBay - bess myerson, Magazine Back Issues, Postcards Paper items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The I Love New York Diet by Bess Myerson, Bill Adler...
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		Miss America, 1945 BESS MYERSON SIGNED HC/DJ Exc.
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	Bess Myerson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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