So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had
been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr
pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up
as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the
“ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a
Disney Princess. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Disney Princesses, from
their beautiful dresses, perfect hair, gorgeous voices and most with
ideal love stories in the mix you can’t help but become entranced with
the characters. But it got me thinking, they’re just characters, a
writers tale of a princess (most before 1998)…an unrealistic fantasy for
most girls (Yay Kate Middleton!).
It started me thinking about all the REAL women for my daughter to know
about and look up too, REAL women who without ever meeting Emma have
changed her life for the better. My daughter wasn’t born into royalty,
but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor,
a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what
REALLY matters. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women
who had gone against everything so she can now have everything. We chose
5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but
there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the
odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the
world……..so let’s set aside the Barbie Dolls and the Disney Princesses
for just a moment, and let’s show our girls the REAL women they can be.
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