The fiery red-headed (sometimes blonde) Burlesque sensation, Georgia Sothern, started her career when some say she was only 12 years old and had a book-full of clippings by the time she hit Minsky's Burlesque. Because of her young age she was known for the movements of her hips moving rapidly from side to side which got her the moniker "The Human Dynamo" because of her style of fast-dancing she would perform. Sothern was also one of the first to use the new term "ecdysiast" in her billing and did some work to try to raise the publics view of her "Art".

   Ann Corio describes her performances in the book This was Burlesque (1968): Georgia stripped and teased, but that was only a minor part of her act. Her music Hold That Tiger was played by the orchestra at full blast...

and Georgia came on stage in full flight ... and she'd work up momentum. Faster and faster the music would roar, and Georgia would be at the front of the stage, one hand cascading her long red hair over her face, the other outstretched to keep her balance as her hips blurred back and forth at a fantastic tempo ... The mere sight of this red hot red-headed temptress tossing her hips in fantastic abandon to the wild music of the band caught up everybody in its spell...By the time she was finished, the whole theatre seemed to explode in a sigh. The audience was almost as exhausted watching as Georgia was performing.

   She was once the main dancer in Michael Todd's "Star and Garter" show which featured the likes of Gypsy Rose Lee, Lily St. Cyr, Ann Corio etc. at one time. She is quoted as saying: "I have a style all my own," said Georgia Sothern in an interview yesterday at the Old Howard Athenaeum. "Most teasers, just take off their clothes and parade around for their audience. Now I really work for my fans."

   She eventually entered the Carny (Carnival) world and joined the Straites (sp?) Carny tour for a period of 28 weeks. Altho successful, this proved alot for her but taught her more of the business. She would now start to produce her own touring shows such as "the Top Hatters" and "Sothern's Red-Headed Revue," etc. Hiring her own Strippers, Comics, Dance acts, Magicians, Musicians and more to tour these houses, with her as the headline.

   It has been said repeatedly that Georgia was the hardest working stripper in the business and with a career that lasted from 1922 till 1977 when she finally retired at age 67, does show something. Georgia Sothern passed away in New York due to Cancer in 1981.