FDR Grew Up in a Dress: It Wasn't Always Blue for Boys and Pink for Girls

[Shana A]

FDR Grew Up in a Dress: It Wasn't Always Blue for Boys and Pink for Girls
By Daniel Fromson
Apr 14 2011, 9:21 AM ET

http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/04/fdr-grew-up-in-a-dress-it-wasnt-always-blue-for-boys-and-pink-for-girls/237299/

Thanks to Smithsonian.com, we now know that little Franklin Delano Roosevelt was once spotted wearing a skirt, with shoulder-length hair and a hat trimmed with a marabou feather. But not because wee FDR was a gender-bender. Instead, the New Deal mastermind's unexpected childhood look is a reminder that our cultural norms about gender-specific clothing for children are a surprisingly recent historical development.

Smithsonian's site has a fascinating story on this topic, "When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?":

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When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?
Every generation brings a new definition of masculinity and femininity that manifests itself in children's dress

    By Jeanne Maglaty
    Smithsonian.com, April 08, 2011

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html?c=y&page=1