Famous American Women?

Question

I'm supposed to be dressing up as a famous person from America, and I have no idea who to choose. My teacher gave us a list, with such names as Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Cher, Lauren Bacall, Rachel Carson, Rita Hayworth, Jackie Kennedy, etc. Basically, any person who has had some sort of an impact on America in some way. Any ideas?

There are dozens more on the list, but I figured that was too many to write. Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Sandra Day O'Connor, Zelda Fitzgerald, Elaine May, and lots of others who aren't in pop culture.

Answer 1

I would choose by picking a few that were interesting to me, and then looking at pictures to see if I could make that costume.

There is a great web site:

http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm

that has a list of names. Then, if you click on the name, it has a picture and a biography. That should help you pick.

Good luck and have fun!

Answer 2

My goodness that's quite the list , katharine hepburn always wore slacks and blouses and was very sporty see movies Pat and Mike or Adams Rib or On Golden Pond. Cher in her years with Sonny and Cher would be easy, long black straight hair , long bangs, bell bottoms that ride low on your hips and a hamlet shirt open and not leaving much to the imagination. Ava Gardener was in a movie called Gilda and had flaming red hair.

Now the late Jackie Kennedy might be the easiest to do, find a form fitting women's dress suit , with a pill box hat and a small hand bag, petite pearls and white gloves and shoes that match the hand bag.

Surprised she didn't mention Eleanor Roosevelt or Oprah or Nancy Reagan or Betty Ford.

Answer 3

Jackie Kennedy is the easiest to break down as an influence on America. What's odd is that basically, all these women are more in the realm of pop culture but Jackie O helped America heal after the death of a president by being very composed and dignified. That's all I can come up with.

Answer 4

Susan B.Anthony
Mary Baker Eddy
Clara Barton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Elizabeth Sanger

Answer 5

Jackie Kennedy sounds like she'd be fun to dress up as because she was so stylish and mysterious. All you'd need is big sunglasses, a little hat or head scarf, a skirt suit and gloves:

http://www.in-nyc.com/in-shows/images/jackie-o-show.jpg

On the other hand, Audrey Hepburn is amazing too (although she was originally European- born in Belgium). You could wear a little black dress, big sunglasses, high heels and have your hair up in a classic chignon:

http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hepburn,%20Audrey/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hepburn,%20Audrey%20(Breakfast%20at%20Tiffany's)_02.jpg

But my personal favorite is Grace Kelly. She exuded style, poise, beauty and intelligence. She'd be difficult to imitate, however, as the most distinctive thing about her was her beauty.

Answer 6

Marian Anderson grew to become into to sing in Washington, D.C. at shape hall. This stay overall performance hall grew to become into owned by an organization observed as the Daughters of the yank Revolution, or D.A.R. The D.A.R. does no longer enable Anderson to accomplish interior the stay overall performance hall via fact she grew to become into black. many human beings protested, consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, the spouse of the yank president. With Missus Roosevelt's help, Anderson grew to become into waiting to sing for an excellent larger crowd in Washington. She gave a loose stay overall performance interior the outdoors, close to the Lincoln memorial. Seventy-5 thousand human beings attended that stay overall performance on Easter Sunday, April 9th, nineteen thirty-9.

Answer 7

I think it would be fun to dress up as a woman of the 19th century, like Louisa May Alcott or Dorothea Dix or Susan B. Anthony.

Answer 8

How about Sacajawea - the indian woman who helped Lewis & Clark on their journey to the Pacific.

Answer 9

Do Lucille Ball

Answer 10

Barbara Richey. 1776 costume " Who harms one hair on yon grey head dies like a dirty dog, he said".