Did you know that Barbie went to the moon before women could have their own credit cards?

发明于1959年, the trail-blazing doll depicted a woman who could have any career she wanted, 不管是宇航员, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, or President of the United States. And this summer, Greta Gerwig’s movie “Barbie” shined a new pink light on the doll’s history.

“The ‘Barbie’ movie flipped a script for me,” says 上学校 Literacy Coordinator Chris Hughes. “I used to think of pink as easy, soft, fuzzy. 但现在, I see it as an alarm signaling something new and exciting as opposed to being soft and background noise.”

To join the conversation on female empowerment, Hughes curated a 粉红色的力量 display on the second floor of Rivers Library inspired by the film, complete with a Barbie dream house, 芭比娃娃, and a selection of books that celebrate women for readers in grades 7-12. She also created a quiz starring famous female figures dressed as Barbies, from Rosa Parks Barbie to Frida Kahlo Barbie. 在休息的时候, 上学校 students have been grabbing a quiz sheet and making their guesses of who’s who.

“It’s about bringing awareness about what it means to be a woman in today’s world,休斯说. “I hope the students strike up conversations about it, and I want to encourage them to do all you can not to be pigeonholed into one role or another.”

请继续关注 |的 粉红色的力量 display will be adapted to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. “We will keep finding ways to bring in pink so it’s not stigmatized as ‘girly’ but that it’s a symbol of power,休斯说.