
Tomboy
In the US 100 years ago, boys often wore pink, and girls, blue. Pink & blue codes reversed in the 1950s, after Mamie Eisenhower embraced pink, Lisa Selin Davis reports in Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare To Be Different. Kids who reject gender stereotypes—colors, toys, clothes, activities, & behaviors—Davis says, typically become well-rounded, self-confident adults.