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NPR Staff – NPR – Thursday, 31 October 2013 (originally published 26 Oct)
Emma Moore turned 5 this year. To mark the occasion, Jaime Moore, her mother and a professional photographer, of her in dress-up clothes.
But she wasn’t dressed like a Disney princess. Moore dressed her daughter as real women — strong women, including Susan B. Anthony, Jane Goodall and Helen Keller.
Moore re-created photographs of the famous women, encouraging Emma to mimic their poses — down to the very expressions on their faces . . .