Strong Women for a Little Woman
August 26, 2015 10:53 PM   Subscribe

I am looking for images/posters of strong and powerful women to hang in my young daughter's room. So far I have considered "Votes for Women"/Suffragettes and the "We Can Do It" wartime poster. Any more suggestions?
posted by saradarlin to Society & Culture (41 answers total) 39 users marked this as a favorite
 
The original Norman Rockwell Rosie the Riveter.
posted by katemonster at 10:58 PM on August 26, 2015 [2 favorites]


There are a number of nice posters (note: this is more an example than nice) which feature Eleanor Roosevelt.
posted by frumiousb at 11:06 PM on August 26, 2015 [2 favorites]


Portrait of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes by photographer Dan Wynn.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:08 PM on August 26, 2015 [6 favorites]


Ripley
posted by michaelh at 11:12 PM on August 26, 2015 [6 favorites]


British scientist Rosalind Franklin with microscope. She was a pioneer in the study of DNA, but her contributions were mostly celebrated posthumously.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:22 PM on August 26, 2015 [3 favorites]


Frida Kahlo
posted by thetortoise at 11:36 PM on August 26, 2015 [1 favorite]


Americans Who Tell The Truth posters, including Alice Walker, Molly Ivins, Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks, and Dorothy Day.
posted by katemonster at 11:43 PM on August 26, 2015 [2 favorites]


Malala Yousafzai
posted by thetortoise at 11:44 PM on August 26, 2015 [10 favorites]


Check out A Mighty Girl's poster shop, if you haven't already.
posted by thetortoise at 11:47 PM on August 26, 2015 [10 favorites]


Girls Rock
posted by j_curiouser at 11:50 PM on August 26, 2015


Serena Williams?

Ashima Shiraishi?
Annie Oakley?
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:08 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]




Princess Leia.
Pippi Longstocking.
Hermione Granger.

Kids need some fictional female heroes too.
posted by Too-Ticky at 1:57 AM on August 27, 2015 [7 favorites]


I've been eyeing off these posters for my own kid.
posted by mythical anthropomorphic amphibian at 3:07 AM on August 27, 2015 [4 favorites]


Best answer: And here's round two, which actually I prefer. Dream big! Get dirty!
posted by mythical anthropomorphic amphibian at 3:09 AM on August 27, 2015 [2 favorites]


Best answer: They sell a poster version of this picture at the Air and Space Museum. Badass WW2 lady pilots in bomber jackets!
posted by a fiendish thingy at 3:20 AM on August 27, 2015 [3 favorites]


Pick up two copies of the book Rad American Women A - Z. Cut up one copy and turn the images into an awesome mosaic. Read the other copy!
posted by poodelina at 4:26 AM on August 27, 2015 [2 favorites]


If fictional women are accepted, Leslie Knope!
posted by shortyJBot at 4:30 AM on August 27, 2015 [2 favorites]


Lyra Belacqua, too, if fiction counts :)
posted by getawaysticks at 5:40 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]


The all-ages comic Lumberjanes has their "expletives" as awesome, strong women references. A Cheat Sheet For The Real-Life Women Featured In Lumberjanes Comic Series

(I strongly recommend the whole (ongoing) series of that comic. It is fun and fantastic!)
posted by jillithd at 6:12 AM on August 27, 2015


I see fictional women listed, too, so: Ellie Sattler from Jurassic Park. (I had her action figure!)
posted by phunniemee at 6:14 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]


Roller derby posters? A lot of the artwork can be cheesecakey, but you can find ones using actual action shots of the skaters.
posted by corvine at 6:22 AM on August 27, 2015


If you're down with sports, pretty much every sport except American football will have high-level women athletes or teams that would make cool posters - the USWNT and the NWSL, the WNBA, the new women's hockey league, and loads of individual athletes in tennis, swimming, gymnastics, etc. Lots of diverse options here.
posted by colbeagle at 6:29 AM on August 27, 2015


I like these encouraging prints from Kate Beaton of "Hark, A Vagrant!".
posted by hollyholly at 6:33 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]




These images are much too small for posters, but you could make high-quality prints on smaller pieces of cardstock and I bet they'd look awesome: Beyonce as Rosie the Riveter, Beyonce in front of a light-up backdrop that says FEMINIST.
posted by divined by radio at 7:07 AM on August 27, 2015


Rachel Ignotofsky on Etsy has some lovely Women In Science posters. She's based in the US so never mind the prices are in GBP in the link.
posted by glasseyes at 7:07 AM on August 27, 2015 [2 favorites]


Here is a wiki list of women who have won Nobel prizes.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:13 AM on August 27, 2015


There are a lot of inspirational posters at Zen Pencils They include quotes from a huge range of people, including many strong women. They also include drawings/cartoons inspired by the quotes usually telling a story, so even if she is too young to fully understand the quote at the moment the story told by the illustrations are pretty damn inspirational too.
posted by wwax at 7:31 AM on August 27, 2015


Grace Hopper!
posted by that girl at 8:17 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]


Kathleen Hanna
posted by humboldt32 at 8:20 AM on August 27, 2015


Sarah Connor in Terminator 2. Or the actress who played her, Linda Hamilton, who had a baby eight months earlier. When she saw the very well muscled Linda in T2, Cher decided she wanted to know "who did That to her", tracked down the trainer and created one or more excercise videos with him.

Private Vasquez in Aliens, played by Jennette Goldstein.
posted by Michele in California at 10:20 AM on August 27, 2015




For something contemporary, get a poster of Bree Newsome!
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 12:14 PM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]


2nd-ing Anna Lee Fisher, first mother in space, and current oldest active astronaut.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 7:52 PM on August 27, 2015


Best answer: Also, some great photos here in 22 Photos Of Women Making History.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 7:55 PM on August 27, 2015


Sally Ride-Astronaut, Physicist and creator of Science programs for young girls. And right next to that poster, one of Janis Joplin and one of Sandra Day O'Connor.
posted by mulcahy at 9:09 PM on August 27, 2015


Vicki Keith, long distance swimmer... set several records for swimming across the Great Lakes and the English Channel.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:55 PM on August 27, 2015


Diana Nyad, long-distance swimmer
Marie Curie, scientist
posted by maurreen at 10:41 PM on August 27, 2015


There's an (unsourced) roundup of groundbreaking female scientists here on imgur.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:01 PM on August 31, 2015


Response by poster: Thanks for the ideas!
posted by saradarlin at 2:18 PM on September 1, 2015


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