Girl, 11, writes inspiring letter about lack of female superheroes

An 11-year-old girl wrote an inspiring letter to DC about the lack of female superheroes in their comics.
Rowan explained her dismay at finding only two of the 12 “Justice League” figurines she received for her birthday were female and that the company has made films about Superman and Batman but not one about Wonder Woman.
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Please RT: An 11 year old girl writes to @DCComics - Girls read comics too, and they care. http://t.co/P6fhuHPDYa pic.twitter.com/gxqUDGlEBm
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish)
January 28, 2015
A transcript of the letter posted by family friend and blogger David Perry:
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Dear DC comics,
My name is Rowan and I am 11 years old. I love superheroes and have been reading comics and watching superhero cartoons and movies since I was very young. I’m a girl, and I’m upset because there aren’t very many girl superheroes or movies and comics from DC.
For my birthday, I got some of your Justice League Chibis™. I noticed in the little pamphlet that there are only 2 girl Chibis, and 10 boys. Also, the background for the girl figures was all pink and purple.
I remember watching Justice League cartoons when I was really young with my dad. There are Superman and Batman movies, but not a Wonder Woman one. You have a Flash TV show, but not a Wonder Woman one. Marvel Comics made a movie about a talking tree and raccoon awesome, but you haven’t made a movie with Wonder Woman.
I would really like a Hawkgirl or Catwoman or the girls of the Young Justice TV show action figures please. I love your comics, but I would love them a whole lot more, if there were more girls.
I asked a lot of the people I know whether they watched movies or read books or comics where girls were the main characters, they all said yes.
Please do something about this. Girls read comics too and they care.
Sincerely, Rowan. „
After receiving thousands of shares online, the publisher responded to Rowan’s letter via Twitter explaining that they agreed with her and were working on new films featuring lead female characters:
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Thanks Rowan. We agree, we’re working hard to create more superhero fun for girls!
— DC Comics (@DCComics)
January 30, 2015
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Yes Rowan, girls read comics too! Wonder Woman movie & Supergirl TV both in the works, with more exciting girl power announcements soon!
— DC Comics (@DCComics)
January 30, 2015
Speaking to the Daily Dot, Rowan’s mother Renee explained that her daughter’s frustration was mainly born out of not being able to find costumes of female superheroes when there were so many options for boys.
In a new blog post, Perry responded to some of the letter’s critics by backing up this point:
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Plenty of people (though a small fraction of the hundreds of interactions I’ve now had about this tweet) criticized the letter by pointing out how many female characters there were in the DC Universe. This doesn’t in fact contradict Rowan’s letter, but is Rowan’s point. She loves Hawkgirl. Where’s the Hawkgirl merchandise? „
SOURCE: DAILY POST.