Ann Corio described 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 ... Corio stated: "The mere sight of this red hot red-headed temptress tossing her hips in fantastic abandon to the wild Burlesque music of the

      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 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 once even used an Elephant in a Minsky routine until she earned how to spin and twirl about.

      She eventually entered the Carny (Carnival) world and joined the "James E. Strates Carny tour" for a period of 28 weeks. Altho successful, this was exhausting for her but taught her more on the business end. 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.

      One of the most influential critics of the 1920s and 1930s was H.L. Mencken. He created the expression "Bible Belt" to refer to the ultra conservative South. Georgia wrote to him and asked him to create a new word to use for the profession. His response to Ms. Sothern: "I sympathize with you in your affliction. It might be a good idea to relate strip-teasing in some way to the... zoological phenomenon of molting,...which is ecdysis. This word produces... ecdysiast." She ran with it, however Gypsy Rose Lee was not very impressed and upon hearing of the new term responded thusly: "Ecdysiast, he calls me! Why, the man... has been reading books! Dictionaries! We don't wear feathers and molt them off... What does he know about stripping?".

      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.