[1] Her father, Colonel Willis Wilson Mitchell, was a commercial pilot for American Airlines and a retired military officer who served as third in command under General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Africa during World War II.
[3][4] Mitchell is responsible for the Cowboys Cheerleaders' rise as American sex symbols and their continued role as goodwill ambassadors.
[1] After receiving a call from the William Morris Agency requesting that the cheerleaders perform at the C&W Awards in Los Angeles, Mitchell began booking the squad for public appearances, including The Osmonds television special and The Love Boat.
[3][2] She and the squad received negative criticism from Evangelical Christians for the uniforms and sex-symbol status, so Mitchell required the cheerleaders to volunteer with telethons and visit orphanages and nursing homes to enhance their public image.
[3][7] Mitchell was the main subject of the 2018 documentary film Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.