Colors of Awesome

Hi, I’m Juno!
From powerful pink to go-getter green, there’s a whole rainbow of awesome colors out there. Ready to see just how vibrant the world can be? Let’s explore!

Go Bold or Go Home!
The color red is associated with strength, determination, and- in the case of Dorothy’s famous slippers- a little bit of magic. Sparkling ruby slippers helped Dorothy get home in The Wizard of Oz. Actor Judy Garland was seventeen years old when she played the role, and won a Juvenile Academy Award for her iconic performance.
The queen of the power suit, Hillary Clinton was the first former First Lady ever to win a public office seat when she was elected to the US Senate in 2000. In 2016, she became the first woman in American History to become the presidential nominee of a major political party.
“Everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and its not going to change anything if you don’t vote.” A legendary civil rights activist and woman’s advocate, Dolores Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers (UFW) to fight for better working conditions in agriculture.

Strong and Statement-Making, white became synonymous with women’s voting rights in the early 1900s- and again recently as a statement of unity.
A Chinese immigrant, Mabel Lee began protesting for women’s voting rights as a teenager. In 1912, she even led a parade of ten thousand suffragists while on horseback! After she graduated from college, Lee got a PhD in economics from Colombia University- the first Chinese woman to do so.
“You’re going to walk into many rooms in your life.. where you may be the only one who looks like you..but you remember that when you are in those rooms, you are not alone. We are all in that room with you applauding you on.. so you use that voice and be strong.” Kamala Harris’ story is punctuated with firsts. In 2017, she was sworn in as  a senator for California, the first South Asian American senator (and only the second Black woman!). Three years later, she wore a white suit to her first appearance as America’s first ever vice-president- elect who was a woman, Black, or of South Asian descent.

Once the color of sweetness and bubble gum, today the color pink represents Owning One’s Voice and Standing Out.
Jayna Zweiman and Krista Suh founded the Pussyhat Project in 2016. Since then, millions of people at over six hundred women’s rights rallies around the world have worn whimsical, but bold pink pussycat hats to show strength and solidarity.
“The way is open to everybody who has the will, the ambition, the respect for work, and the IT [factor].” Elsa Schiaparelli, 1930s designer and fierce rival of Coco Chanel, was beloved by artists like Salvador Dali and dressed Hollywood starlets like Greta Garbo and Mae West. Her favorite color? Pink, of course.. but not just any pink- shocking pink, a feisty, look-at-me hue.