How to Dress Your Kid (or Yourself) as a Rad American Woman for Halloween

How to Dress Your Kid (or Yourself) as a Rad American Woman for Halloween
(some excellent additional resources in the article. and the pics of the girls dressed up are just wonderful!)


Ah, Halloween season is upon us—and so are the mercurial whims of our children (“I want to be a princess! No I’m gonna be Cinderella? I changed my mind, I want to be a fairy! Elsa! Alice in Wonderland!…”) as well as the grossly gendered commercial costume options. Cue the collective groans of feminist parents across the land. There are a number of websites and blog posts that feature feminist Halloween costumes, and cool alternatives to boring princesses. But there’s always room for more! Rad American Women A-Z has got you covered!



You too can dress your thoroughly indoctrinated offspring up as an inspiring and super-cool activist, athlete, pilot, dancer, rock star, judge, doctor or writer. All costumes are easy, super low/no budget and seriously righteously cute. No store-bought Elsas here, OK?

(No disrespect to Elsa/kids who dress up as Elsa/parents whose kids dress up as Elsa. I’m the author of a freakin’ feminist kids’ book and my kid was a store-bought Elsa last year. She might be Elsa again. At least I got her to dress up for this post!)

For real though, at a time when GOP candidates can barely name an important woman from American history, dressing up as a rad woman from history is a great opportunity to have fun and educate others. I learned about pilot Bessie Coleman from a Halloween costume! (See below).

Without further ado, behold — the Rad American Women of Halloween!




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