The 'Nixonettes' were young girls, dressed in red, white and blue, who volunteered as cheerleaders for Richard Nixon at political rallies and events during the 1960 and 1968 presidential campaigns.

The original owner of the white pleated Nixon skirt recalls how we would dress up in these outfits, take our box full of bumper stickers... and wander around in grocery store parking lots handing them out to people.