Editing Cheerleading (section)

===Early 20th century cheerleading and female participation===
[[File:Early women cheerleaders at UW Madison (2246608893).jpg|thumb|left|Cheerleaders at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1948]]
In 1903, the first cheerleading [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]], Gamma Sigma, was founded.<ref name="ACFeb2003">{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Marisa|date=February 2005|title=Cheer Milestones|journal=American Cheerleader|volume=11|issue=1|pages=41–43}}</ref>

In 1923, at the [[University of Minnesota]], women were permitted to participate in cheerleading.<ref name="pedia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cheerleader.pedia.com/ |title=CheerleaderPedia - the Cheerleader Encyclopedia - Home Page |access-date=2014-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718053056/http://www.cheerleader.pedia.com/ |archive-date=2012-07-18 }}</ref> However, it took time for other schools to follow. In the late 1920s, many school manuals and newspapers that were published still referred to cheerleaders as "chap", "fellow", and "man".<ref>Hanson, Mary Ellen. ''Go! Fight! Win!: Cheerleading in American Culture.'' Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State Univ. Popular, 1995, pp. 17–18.</ref>

Women cheerleaders were overlooked until the 1940s when collegiate men were drafted for [[World War II]], creating the opportunity for more women to make their way onto sporting event sidelines.<ref>Golden, Suzi J. Best Cheers: How to Be the Best Cheerleader Ever! WA: Becker & Mayer, 2004, p. 5.</ref> As noted by [[Kieran Scott]] in ''Ultimate Cheerleading'': "Girls really took over for the first time."<ref>Peters, Craig. ''Chants, Cheers, and Jumps.'' Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2003, p. 16.</ref>

In 1949, [[Lawrence Herkimer]], a former cheerleader at [[Southern Methodist University]] and inventor of the [[herkie]] jump, founded his first cheerleading camp in Huntsville, Texas. 52 girls were in attendance.<ref name="popwarner">{{cite web|last=Balthaser|first=Joel D.|date=2005-01-06|title=Cheerleading – Oh How far it has come!|url=http://www.popwarner.com/articles/phenomenon.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113104613/http://www.popwarner.com/articles/phenomenon.asp|archive-date=November 13, 2007|access-date=2007-01-11|publisher=[[Pop Warner Little Scholars|Pop Warner]]}}</ref> The clinic was so popular that Herkimer was asked to hold a second, where 350 young women were in attendance. Herkimer also patented the [[pom-pom]].