Sadie Hawkins, who was she, and why are dances to which the girls ask the boys named after her?

skysmom65

Sadie Hawkins Day captured the imagination of many Americans, particularly on campuses. A Life magazine headline reported, in 1939, that "On Sadie Hawkins Day, Girls Chase Boys in 201 Colleges" and printed pictures from Texas Wesleyan. Many US high schools, especially in the Midwest and South, hold Sadie Hawkins day dances. These dances are characterized by girls asking boys for dates, and matching farmer clothes being worn to the dance. This dance is also occasionally called "T.W.I.R.P." (The Woman Is Responsible to Pay), in which girls ask boys, pay for dinner, dance tickets, etc. Abilene Christian University celebrates a Sadie Hawkins Week, rather than only one day.[2] However, there is no associated dance, in light of the school's traditional policy prohibiting social dancing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Hawkins_Day Oct 28 06, 11:16 PM

queproblema

True, mom, but that doesn't answer the questions,which were: 1. Who was she? and 2. Why are the dances named after her? 1. She was a figment of cartoonist Al Capp's imagination, showing up in "Li'l Abner" in 1937. 2. The dances are named after her because her father set up a foot race in her name so she could "catch" a guy. http://www.lil-abner.com/sadiehawk.html Oct 29 06, 12:05 AM

Brainyblonde

Sadie Hawkins Day was named for a cartoon character developed by Al Capp for his Li'l Abner comic strip. Sadie Hawkins was so ugly that her father, Mayor of Dog Patch, U.S.A., feared he would never marry her off. In desperation, he decreed a Sadie Hawkins Day. All unmarried men in Dogpatch would get a ten minute head start before Sadie and the other unmarried women began running after them. The man each woman caught would end up in front of Marryin' Sam for a shotgun wedding. http://www.ucwv.edu/about_uc/sadie_hawkins.aspx Oct 29 06, 12:48 AM

Saiqa

Sadie Hawkins Day, an American folk event, made its debut in Al Capp's Li'l Abner strip November 15, 1937. Sadie Hawkins was "the homeliest gal in the hills" who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a courtin'. Her father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a prominent resident of Dogpatch, was even more worried about Sadie living at home for the rest of his life, so he decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which the unmarried gals pursued the town's bachelors, with matrimony the consequence. By the late 1930's the event had swept the nation and had a life of its own. Life magazine reported over 200 colleges holding Sadie Hawkins Day events in 1939, only two years after its inception. It became a woman empowering rite at high schools and college campuses, long before the modern feminist movement gained prominence. http://www.lil-abner.com/sadiehawk.html Oct 29 06, 10:19 AM

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