The Team: 1980's
When the next decade came around, more women were starting to join the squad. Trinity had five new girls come onto the team without the mention of any male presence. The uniforms started to lack some modesty as they turned into short skirt overalls with a short sleeve shirt to fit underneath. In a Mirage yearbook excerpt, I noticed that cheerleading teams were split up by sport, and tryouts were different for each. However, male cheerleaders were still present as, “a large part of cheerleading is being able to work effectively with a partner” (The Mirage, 1985). Uniforms became more like uniforms that came together as a matching set, accompanied by long sleeves in the winter. There was also a section from The Trinitonian were the cheer squad advertised for tryouts that called out both men and women specifically. The 1980’s recognized more women, putting them on magazine covers and allowing them to work in harmony alongside men. Many women found themselves helping men become comfortable with the changing society in which they had more rights. The acceptance of women in society was reaching a high, even though they were fully accepted they were able to gain more rights.