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Not just a girl…..

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.

 

*  February 7, 2023 -  We are so thankful and overwhelmed by such an amazing response.
Thank you so much everyone for your kind words of support & encouragement, it means the world.  Truly. xxo       - Jaime

Amber VanLoh - May 9, 2023 - 2:16 am

I’m so in love with this set Jaime. bravo bravo bravo. <3

April Macon - May 9, 2023 - 2:25 am

Absolutely amazing!

Lynette Long - May 9, 2023 - 2:43 am

Hooray! I’m so glad to see someone encourage their children in such a positive way. Way to go!

Apryl Binuya - May 9, 2023 - 2:52 am

Amazing! Very inspirational for us and your daughter.

Jackie Tyghem - May 9, 2023 - 2:53 am

What a fabulous idea..this is beyond greatness!

Annie Otzen - May 9, 2023 - 3:12 am

These are amazing and super inspiring!

Lisa Brett Haley - May 9, 2023 - 4:05 am

These are so beautiful. So glad I came across this blog post while browsing in fb. You made my day.

Michell Holladay Gill - May 9, 2023 - 8:26 am

These are positively stunning! And such a great way to encourage your daughter! Real beauty comes from within and what we become.

Jessica Honsinger - May 9, 2023 - 6:23 pm

These are absolutely lovely. :)

Gary Burke - May 9, 2023 - 6:38 pm

this is the best.

Amanda Robertson - May 9, 2023 - 6:54 pm

I really love this idea. Ko does….setting a great example…

Aimee Levy - May 9, 2023 - 7:22 pm

Stunning project with an adorable daughter! Thanks for sharing!

Lisa M - May 9, 2023 - 8:04 pm

What an awesome idea!

Mira Pratt - May 9, 2023 - 8:07 pm

Inspiring idea.

Antee Jean - May 9, 2023 - 8:55 pm

These are absolutely brilliant.

Jenn Long Steele - May 9, 2023 - 8:58 pm

So amazing & inspiring.

Heather Robison - May 9, 2023 - 9:00 pm

To encourage and inspire…great idea, I love it!

Suzanne Schaefer Duncan - May 9, 2023 - 11:02 pm

Genius!

Donna Grey-Albretsen - May 9, 2023 - 11:36 pm

I love this well concidered decision!

Amy Geishert - May 10, 2023 - 1:30 am

So, so FAB!

Heather Skille - May 10, 2023 - 1:51 am

What a fantastic idea, I just love it!

Erika Ward - May 10, 2023 - 2:19 am

Love this so much! Way to go Mom!

Gwyn Ridenhour - May 10, 2023 - 2:35 am

You ROCKED it, and as a mom of a daughter, I thank you sincerely. I will be sharing….

Georgia NeSmith - May 10, 2023 - 2:50 am

Amazing how she actually LOOKS LIKE each and every one of the women she is portraying…

Jane Hasty - May 10, 2023 - 3:11 am

Unbelievable! Goose bumps!

Melissa Vaughan - May 10, 2023 - 3:14 am

This is wonderful! I love it :)

Trish Flaherty - May 10, 2023 - 3:16 am

I’m in awe and speechless!

TowardTheStars - May 10, 2023 - 3:17 am

I just shared it at TowardTheStars :) our community is loving it. Well done! <3

Naomi Baker - May 10, 2023 - 3:23 am

My heroine was Marie Curie. I read about her when I was in grade school, and she inspired my love of science, especially chemistry and physics.

Jo Ellen Berryman - May 10, 2023 - 3:31 am

Simply stunning…. this was so wonderful. I hope you do more women heros…..

Brenda Hill - May 10, 2023 - 3:48 am

BRAVO - this is lovely. I wanted to see more.

Erin Beckwell - May 10, 2023 - 4:01 am

This. Is. Awesome.

Emma Staatz - May 10, 2023 - 4:46 am

From one Emma to another, I’ll vote for you in 2044, if you continue to use THESE women as role models! (Great parenting!)

Tricia Knight - May 10, 2023 - 5:54 am

Did you notice her button? “Well behaved women rarely make history”. Love it!

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Laura Blackburn Finlay - May 10, 2023 - 7:05 am

Isn’t it wonderful :-)

Sherry McCourt - May 10, 2023 - 8:17 am

For those with young daughters, what a wonderful idea to celebrate women achievers and not just emulate pop culture.

Liz Lawley - May 10, 2023 - 10:29 am

This is spectacular. Both the idea and the execution. Brava!

Denise Tree - May 10, 2023 - 10:37 am

A brilliant and powerful idea. May I use these images in my 7th grade class - we’re currently looking at self-image, stereotypes, choices, and this would be a fantastic discussion starter.

Sue Cruikshank - May 10, 2023 - 10:46 am

Thank you for sharing 3 ‘beautifuls’…a beautiful idea, a beautiful girl and beautiful photographs!

Betty Dagle - May 10, 2023 - 12:56 pm

This is an amazing series of photos. Words fail me.

Erin Lynn Langenfeld - May 10, 2023 - 12:59 pm

This is a great idea, and the pictures are awesome, but I was surprised to read there was such a trend to dress up kids as something other than themselves for birthday portraits. My 6-year-old daughter is unique and special just the way she is: no costumes required.

A Mighty Girl - May 10, 2023 - 2:53 pm

Thanks for the wonderful series! I had several supporters send me this link and posted about it on A Mighty Girl — the community loves it! If you haven’t seen it, you might also enjoy this amazing series: http://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/collections/because-of-them-we-can :)

Anita Simmons-Clancy - May 10, 2023 - 8:41 pm

Fantastic! I love Emma’s mirroring of Great Real Women. Happy 5th Birthday Emma. You are fantastic!

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Sue Ross - May 10, 2023 - 10:56 pm

I think this creative Mom may have set an inspiring and educational new trend. What a great bonding activity picking great women from history who have made a difference by being different.

Alison Oakley - May 10, 2023 - 11:28 pm

Love it! My mother was before Disney, but she was always told A knight in shining armour will just turn up……it’s very unikely he did considering where they lived, but if he did she was long gone. She joined the air force and started a midwifery course, she eventually married, had 3 children, lived in many places. She was a woman who just faced up to what life was at the time. I think she has always been there with her attitude for me. Thanks for this post. I think since tomorrow is mothers day here, that I will do a blog post for my mother. You don’t have to be famous around the world to be important in people’s lives.

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Sharon Lippincott - May 11, 2023 - 11:34 pm

This child is the most perfect photographic model I can imagine. She mirrors the expressions of each of those women so perfectly that she appears to be either their younger selves or their actual daughter. Kudos to Mom for thinking of this project. Emma has a bright future, wherever it leads her.

Andrew Murphy - May 12, 2023 - 1:03 am

It’s a brilliant idea.

Kim Miller - May 12, 2023 - 2:29 am

Happy birthday, Emma! What an amazing photo shoot. I’ll look for you on the 2044 ticket. (Brilliantly done, Mom!)

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Libby Cole - May 13, 2023 - 12:10 am

love this, I am a bit “anti princess” ; I don’t have a problem with little girls wanting to dress up as princesses, but I think they shouldn’t be told they “are princesses” ; love this idea of showing them real women to admire!

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Victoria Woodhull Anderson - May 13, 2023 - 4:42 pm

I was named after the wonderfully scandalous Victoria Woodhull, a contemporary of Susan B. Anthony, and the first woman to run for president, so this is an issue dear to my heart. I think it is important that girls growing up today understand how difficult it was for these women to stand up and stand out. If today’s girls view their predecessors’ accomplishments through the lens of their own empowerment, they may not understand how truly monumental the contributions of these groundbreakers were. A bit of a catch 22 - it is a testement to the strength of these women that it is so hard today to imagine what strength it took to do what they did. Thank you for that reminder in these beautiful pictures and quotes.

Imelda Hinojosa - May 13, 2023 - 5:29 pm

This made me teary! What a beautiful gift for your daughter and for us. Please continue to do each year, as she grows, and I look forward to someday buying the book!

Courtney Long - May 13, 2023 - 6:00 pm

I love this idea! Thank you for raising a future woman of substance, and for inspiring me!

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yes she does. that was an amazing gift to her. well done

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Hey there Georgia! Not surprising that when someone alerted me to this project (due to my own portrait as Susan B. by my Austin sister @[1322115769:2048:Melanie Sherwood]), I find my fave feminist fotog as the first commenter!

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Amazing post!

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Wow, that is her. Fabulous. Good catch Georgia.

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Brilliant! What an inspiration you are to young girls everywhere. Being a great mom is about knowing that you are her guide and role model. My daughter just turned 18 and is the one person in the world that I feel privileged to know. I always asked her questions and never told her what to do. She is now heading off to University in New York (we are Canadian) following her dream. Thank you so much. Good to know there are others like me out there!
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Charlene Burdett - September 17, 2023 - 8:23 pm

I love your project! And the results are stunning. Well done! Thanks for thinking outside the Disney box. This is so refreshing and inspiring!

Sonia Leong - October 8, 2023 - 4:53 pm

This is just phenomenal. And sorely needed.

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julia Kenny - November 2, 2023 - 12:44 pm

Very beautiful work and inspiring subject. Your daughter is fortunate to have you as a role model.

Mark Waldorf - November 2, 2023 - 12:47 pm

Your daughter gets her brains and beauty from mommy. What a great idea! Jamie is absolutely spectacular with an amazing ability to take on the character. Thanks for sharing. You made my day!

Shawn Bush - November 2, 2023 - 12:49 pm

Excellent work! I love the strength and simplicity of this story. Role models from the past reflecting through the eyes of today’s and tomorrow’s women. Beautiful!

Phyllis Frederick - November 2, 2023 - 12:52 pm

Kudos to you. Your mother must’ve raised you to believe too. I have two daughters. One is 35 and the other is 26. When they were born I attempted to give them names that wouldnt classify them as women, per se. Just so when they applied for jobs they wouldnt be classified. I raised them to never give up and anything was possible. Oldest is in her final year of RN school, after being in management and seeing no guarantees. My youngest is working and going to school as well. Hoping to be able to continue survive in this crazy world we have now. Your pictures are wonderful. God Bless you and your family.

MJ Guerra - November 2, 2023 - 12:59 pm

Wonderful post!! I raised my 2 daughters on my own and I always believed in empowering them to be strong yet delicate - improving themselves while being empathetic to others and always trying to make this world a better place to live. Very inspiring story, women need more real life heroines and less princesses.

Christy Spurlock - November 2, 2023 - 1:39 pm

I just saw your segment on CBS This Morning and am truly amazed and impressed with you, your family and your photography. I love how you and your daughter chose the women. EXCELLENT and very IMPRESSIVE. We all need real life role models and face the REAL life. Thanks for all you do and I love and now follow you on all social media.

Linda Whitworth - November 2, 2023 - 1:50 pm

I just saw your piece on CBS This Morning Saturday. I was blown away by your photos of your daughter!! What a great way to teach your daughter about being strong and learning that she can be anything she wants to be!

On the photographic side, your daughter is beautiful! And so photogenic. And your photography is awesome! What a talent! And your daughter won’t wind up being another honey boo-boo. You are both so gifted.

diane - November 2, 2023 - 2:32 pm

Well done! Makes me proud to be “not just a girl” too!

Roxanne - November 2, 2023 - 2:47 pm

Just saw you on CBS This Morning- I am pregnant with my first daughter- what an inspiration! I only hope I can think to do something like this with my daughter when she gets older. Bravo to you for moving beyond typical societal expectations of women and showing your daughter how to empower herself!!

Julie OBeirne - November 2, 2023 - 2:49 pm

Hi Jamie,

Just saw your interview on the morning news. As a 52 year old Degreed Architectural designer with credentials, who for a lifetime has not had pay equality, I applaud your work with Emma for all the young girls and boys you are educating and inspiring.

My sons now 26 and twins 24 were shocked as teens to understand that inequality between genders still exists.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Julie O’Beirne

Basia - November 2, 2023 - 2:52 pm

I’m especially happy to see that you stayed positive about EVERYTHING! The best thing you did for Emma was your refusal to belittle or condemn the Disney Princess idea. Women need to allow each other - and all people - the freedom to love what we love, without fear of judgement. If we can’t tailor our dreams to fit ourselves without the burden of the agendas of others, we merely swap tyrants. To be truly free we must be able to be truly ourselves - pilot, princess or president.

Melissa Griffin - November 2, 2023 - 2:56 pm

I am so inspired!

Sheri - November 2, 2023 - 3:25 pm

I love how you didn’t slam Disney and try to take that away from her but broadened her horizons with these wonderful historical women. Also, your photography is amazing!

Taylor - November 2, 2023 - 3:41 pm

I just watched your interview on CBS this morning which led me to your website. I thought this idea for your daughters birthday was absolutely incredible. I think your story has definitely inspired mother’s and women around the world.

Glenn Lones - November 2, 2023 - 3:57 pm

Very well done!! Mom ( Jaime C. Moore) I saw this story on CBS news, this morning. Giving our daughters a new view of real women/ role models they see at Disney. I love the story and it have inspired me too show my little girl, you can be amazing and don’t have to be a princess! Bravo!!

karan wester - November 2, 2023 - 4:33 pm

Good job, Ms. Moore and good luck to Emma the future President of the U.S.A. Thanks for the beautiful photo’s and for sharing them. Hopefully it will be an inspiration for other mom’s!

Sincerely,
Karan Wester

TxGingerSpice - November 2, 2023 - 5:03 pm

In a world where parenting has become a list art it is refreshing to see someone take the time to what parents where meant to….teach and guide.

virginia garcia - November 2, 2023 - 7:52 pm

i like that it was good i wish i can get my five year old into that because she loves to take pictures too and she beaitful like your daughter is but i will love to see more it will give me some ideas to do for her thank you have a bless day

Diana - November 3, 2023 - 1:47 am

Saw the piece about you and your beautiful daughter on CBS and just had to come check out your post. GOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER… you are both inspirations to other women and girls. LOVED visiting you here on your website. Blessings to you and yours.

Barb - November 4, 2023 - 6:21 pm

I too saw the CBS airing and was AMAZED at the artistry as well as the idea behind your inspiring work! I am a teacher and now am busily thinking of ways I can use this to inspire my students! Thank you!

Wynell Forck - November 5, 2023 - 7:18 am

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Tammy Bradley - November 5, 2023 - 6:01 pm

Thank you for this beautiful idea! As the mother of a daughter turning 13, this has inspired me with some ideas for her birthday sleepover. As a teacher of Social Studies & an all girl advisory group, I am inspired to use this idea to create a photo gallery in our school -after guiding them to research & learn about heriones & role models in history.

Moana Mafi - November 6, 2023 - 3:49 am

Lovely pics. Love the disney princess characters but they belong in books and movies and not as role models. The problem with the ‘princess’ mentality is that it’s encouraged by mothers who want to be the cinderella princess themselves. There’s now a bunper crop of little girls wanting the barbie doll princess look and thinking everything should be given to them. They won’t know what it’s like to strive and work for what they want. So my hat off to you for encouraging your daughter to look at life the way it should be.

Danuta - November 6, 2023 - 12:46 pm

You’re so awesome! I do not believe I’ve truly read
through a single thing like this before.

So wonderful to discover another person with some unique
thoughts on this topic. Really.. thanks for starting
this up. This website is something that is needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality!

Comment Pirater un Compte Facebook - November 6, 2023 - 2:11 pm

Howdy! I could have sworn I’ve visited this website before but after browsing through some of the articles I realized it’s new to me. Regardless, I’m certainly delighted I found it and I’ll be book-marking it and checking back frequently!

Cricket - November 6, 2023 - 3:27 pm

I wish more mothers would empower their girls and live their lives as healthy role models. Thank you for being a mom your children and society can be proud of.

Ann Oates - November 6, 2023 - 9:29 pm

Excellent job Ms. Moore - to inspire is to create limitless possibilites for a whole new generation of incredible young women.

Pablo Sánchez - November 7, 2023 - 11:26 pm

You Rock! As a mother and as a photographer

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Victoria - November 8, 2023 - 5:13 pm

With blogs like this around I don’t even need website anymore. I can just visit here and see all the latest happenings in the world.

egress window company - November 9, 2023 - 6:05 am

I hope you never stop! This is one of the best blogs Ive ever read. Youve got some mad skill here, man. I just hope that you dont lose your style because youre definitely one of the coolest bloggers out there. Please keep it up because the internet needs someone like you spreading the word.

Amparo Blancas - November 9, 2023 - 7:01 am

I love this pictures, the idea is so original, My favorite one is the one with Coco Chanel, and ‘my family has very strong women…..”
Amparo

Elspeth Shepherd - February 9, 2023 - 9:39 am

These are beautiful and inspirational! It’s a great idea and you’ve executed it perfectly (it helps that you’ve got a gorgeous model)! You are a wonderful role model for Emma and I’m sure she will grow up believing she can do anything. xxx

Yenny Paola - April 3, 2023 - 2:16 pm

Come on !! what about Rosa Parks !!!?? she is the woman symbol of human rights !!!

Mary Lawrence - April 3, 2023 - 5:14 pm

Two of my heroines were Nellie Bly, the journalist who wrote about and got herself admitted to a mental hospital in the 1800’s, and Helen Keller’s teacher, Annie Sullivan. I read about both of them in grade school and saw the movie The Miracle Worker. I later became a psychiatric nurse educator.

Jacob Hopkins - April 5, 2023 - 1:05 am

Candidate for Mother of the Year.

Laura Rodriguez - April 5, 2023 - 2:03 pm

espectacular

Don Clark - April 6, 2023 - 12:46 pm

stunning and so apropos! thanks for sharing!

Micsy Vargas - April 7, 2023 - 3:29 pm

a beautiful idea!!!

Fernando Espino - April 8, 2023 - 6:08 pm

Hermosa historia !!! saludos desde México.

Fhyori Cordova - April 11, 2023 - 3:16 am

Tienes mucha razón…. Esto es lo que debemos inculcar a nuestras hijas e hijos a admirar a estos grandes personajes :)

Martha Zwieger - April 11, 2023 - 3:03 pm

We need more persons like you!! Thank you for sharing!!

Chelo Belda - April 17, 2023 - 2:28 pm

Preciosa!!

Margarita Hernandez G - April 25, 2023 - 4:43 pm

Congratulations! Nice work, best message. I will follow your example with my little Mariana.

Erin Neu - May 6, 2023 - 2:16 am

LOVE this! If I ever have a daughter…..

Manda El-Nottuh - May 14, 2023 - 9:31 am

Bravo. These photos are absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Your daughter is very lucky to have a mother like you.

宗雨 - May 16, 2023 - 5:33 pm

So cute…

Shelby Lynn Hogan - May 21, 2023 - 5:35 pm

This makes me so happy!

Lu Silva - May 31, 2023 - 11:39 pm

Beautiful.

Viviana Barria De Sheargold - June 5, 2023 - 4:07 am

hermosa!!!

Francisco José Colomé - June 23, 2023 - 12:22 am

Congrats! The world needs more people like you

Cleofas Morales - July 3, 2023 - 12:46 pm

Thanks for beautiful pictures, the wonderful original idea

Maria Fernanda Bentancourt - July 17, 2023 - 3:09 am

here, in my country Argentina, we had a remarcable woman among others she was Eva Duarte, Peron’ s wife. she was a very intelligents person who fight for worker’s rights.

Rosalie Dann - October 29, 2023 - 7:32 am

My heroine is Corrie Ten Boom

Expresiones En Movimiento - February 18, 2023 - 4:35 pm

Congratulations, you isnpire me…!!!!!!

Little John Stone - March 10, 2023 - 3:28 pm

Thanks so much - as a father of a 4.5-yr-old girl who will eventually learn to change her own oil and drive a standard, I’m always struggling with the whole love-of-princesses thing. Thank you for reminding me there are some real (and really good) role models we can start showing her.

Eloiny Lazamé - June 15, 2023 - 4:34 pm

Amor, Renan, olhe a ideia incrível da Jamie que te falei. Não demais?!

Alison Woodford - August 13, 2023 - 3:27 am

I would dress my daughter as Aung San Suu Kyi. The photographs are beautiful.

Abel Lee Lazaro Urquico - August 31, 2023 - 10:06 pm

Now to find a suitable mate so I can have a lovely daughter like yours and have her dress whoever she wants to be…as long as it’s PG13 :)

Pa Mg - September 21, 2023 - 2:16 am

:) maravilloso

Pam Wilkinson - October 2, 2023 - 8:49 am

Might present this idea to my grandkids this upcoming Halloween

Manuel Rivera Raba - October 14, 2023 - 10:17 pm

Inspiring idea, very powerful and much needed to keep encouraging the women in our lives to live at their best potential!

Mélanie Laberge - October 24, 2023 - 5:40 pm

Thank you so much for this!

Denise Melo - November 5, 2023 - 12:52 pm

Wonderful! It is about time for we change the references for our girls! Thank you!

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