Pom-poms used by Martha Scheele at Washington-Lee High School
date: label: date made
content: 1974
label: associated dates
content: 1974 00 00 / 1974 00 00, 1975 00 00 / 1975 00 00
label: associated dates
content: 1974 / 1974, 1975 / 1975
name: label: user
content: Scheele, Martha Anne
label: maker
content: Wincraft
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Two blue and gray plastic pom-poms with a wooden core and elastic wrist band used by the donor, Martha Anne Scheele while a cheerleader at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA, 1974-1975.
label: Description (Brief)
content: A decidedly American invention, cheerleading has its origins in sports and education. Beginning as early as 1877, fans organized cheers in the stands at Princeton football games but it was not until the 1930s when Gussie Nell Davis, a physical education teacher at Greenville High in Texas, saw the need to involve girls in physical activity. Participation in organized sports was not readily available to girls at this time - the Flaming Flashes and later, the Kilgore Rangerettes of Kilgore College in Texas, both organized by Davis, provided a sense of unity and empowerment through athleticism. Until Title IX, cheerleading was among the few sports available at the high school and collegiate levels that provided opportunities for women.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Winona
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Cheerleading
label: level of sport
content: High School
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Martha Anne Scheele
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0224.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0224.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pom-Poms
label: Object Name
content: pom-poms, cheerleading
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (core material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (wristband material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16 in x 17 in; x 40.64 cm x 43.18 cm