WUNRN
MOTHER PHOTOGRAPHS AGE 5 DAUGHTER BESIDE HISTORICAL WOMEN
ROLE MODELS
"Not Just a
Girl….." Photo Exhibit - 05.09.13 - 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
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.