Huffington post recently wrote an article on photographer Jessica Solarczyk who transformed her daughter into powerful women from history for her latest photoshoot. Solarcyzk dressed her five year old daughter, Emerson, up as various influential woman in history, such as Frida Kahlo,Rosie the riveter and many others. Solarczyk wanted to celebrate some of the woman that came before us and to show her daughter that she could be anything she wanted to be. 

Here at Lottie dolls we were inspired to dress our dolls up as some leading women in history. Lottie Dolls want all the little girls out there to know that you can be anything you aspire to be and that nothing is impossible. 

We picked three inspirational women and dressed our Lottie dolls up as them. 

 

Amelia Earhart 1897-1937

“Women must try do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.”

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928. Her plane, Friendship, landed in Wales after twenty one hours of flying with her co-pilots Bill Stultz and Slim Gordon. In 1932 Amelia flew across the Atlantic alone and become the second ever person to do this after Charles Lindbergh. She received the many awards and was the first women to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross. 

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962

“ The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady in the United States from 1933 till 1945. During the Great Depression the American people were struggling ,  Franklin D.Roosevelt put in place a new deal to try and help people recover. Eleanor travelled around the country to see how people were doing and kept her husband updated on how the plan was working. during world war one she travelled to Europe to work for the Red Cross. After her husband died, Eleanor represented the US in the United Nations she helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which said that everyone in the world should be treated fairly and had certain rights that no government should be able to deny.

Malala Yousafzai

“We realise the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

Malala was born in Pakistan in 1997. when she was ten years of age the Taliban started to take control of her region. The Taliban began to enforce new laws. woman were banned form voting or having jobs. Eventually all girl schools were closed and girls were prohibited to attend school. Malalas Father was approached by the BBC. They were looking for a schoolgirl to write  a blog on life under the Taliban and her father agreed to let Malala write it. Malala became famous because of her blog and began speaking publicly about the Taliban. War broke out and soon the Pakistan government regained control. The Taliban were still angry at Malala and on her way home form school one day the shot her in the head. Malala survived and since then she has been campaigning for education for girls.