For those searching for “feminist friendly” gifts or at least something besides Barbie and princess-everything, here are a few recommendations from my daughters and me.

My daughter received Tom Tierney’s Famous American Women Paper Dolls for her birthday. Tom Tierney is a famous paper doll artist. His paper doll books are very well done showing authentic dress of the period with outfits worn at famous speeches or events by each of the historic figures.

My daughter enjoyed the whole process of cutting out the dolls and outfits. She puts the dolls out on sofas and chairs and plays with them just as she would any other doll. I enjoy listening to her serving cake and ice cream to the likes of Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman and Edith Wharton at her birthday parties, which she has daily. It is also amusing for me to attend her school along side my fellow students Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt! She has gotten so much from this gift that she is getting Tom Tierney’s Famous African-American Women Paper Dolls for Christmas. I’m looking forward to attending school with Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm, Maya Angelou and many others!

Coloring books are another big hit in our family.
I can personally recommend Famous American Women and Heroines of the American Revolution. I really like these Dover coloring books because they provide a short bio at the bottom of each page. This book covers 44 famous American women from Susan B. Anthony to Zora Neal Hurston to Barbara Walters to Helena Rubinstein. It was a true pleasure to discuss these famous women and the importance of their contribution to American history and culture all the while coloring with my daughters. It was actually a learning experience for all of us!

We have the finished book on our coffee table and our guests also enjoy looking at the colored pictures and reading about these interesting women. If fact, this coloring book, colored by your children, would make a wonderful gift from your children to their grandparents or others in the family.

I encourage you to browse your local book store or favorite online source for coloring books and paper dolls. I’ve discovered there are actually tons of options for little girls to have fun learning about women’s history.

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It’s time to start shopping!
We have been sharing pro-women gift ideas and we would like to share them with you! Also, we will be adding gift ideas for the young feminists in your lives! Please don’t forget, if you would like to purchase gifts that support The New Agenda, you can purchase a membership for yourself or as a gift. You can also give (or get) a TNA shirt, bib, or doggie-T, or you can purchase Mary Kay products for both women and men from this link at Mary Kay, and if you put TNA in the comment section, 50% of the purchase price will be donated to The New Agenda!