The Long Skirts: 3 UGA Alumni Reminisce on Days as Cheerleaders

Three alumni return to UGA each year to partake, and be a part of, the annual tradition of homecoming. Inseparable from this tradition is their uniforms.

 Why It’s Newsworthy: Long skirts and thick, knit sweaters reveal a lot about women in the 60s and provide insight on our own cultural moment. 

https://youtu.be/7S25nNelbUk

Hannah Echols is a senior majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

 

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