| Born
Doe May Davison, daughter of an Irish father and a Cherokee mother, she
ran away from her Tulsa home at the age of fourteen to work in the burlesque
theatres of Dayton, Ohio. She billed herself as "The Cherokee Half Breed"
or "Princess Do May" and with her 38-24 35 figure won a highly enthusiastic
following from coast to coast. Doing a dance routine which became known
as the Cherokee Strip, Do May incorporated an Indian motif in everything
that she did. Starting her dance wearing a full eagle feathered Indian
head-dress and doing traditional Indian steps, she slowly discarded the
feathers as she danced in front of a totem pole, winding up wearing a modern
day G-string and bra. |
