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The American Girl Doll: A Cultural Phenomenon
In 1986, Rowland founded the Pleasant Company in Middleton, Wisconsin, and launched the first line of American Girl dolls. This initial offering included three dolls: Kirsten Larson, a pioneer ...
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My complicated childhood love for Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll
February is Black History Month. Here, an HG contributor reflects on the thorny significance of Addy Walker, the first Black doll introduced by the American Girl company. As a Black girl growing ...
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The new American Girl doll: She’s Jewish, she’s poor and her name is Rebecca
It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA ...
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History Center to host program on American Girl Dolls
The Senator John Heinz History Center, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, will celebrate Women’s History Month with “American Girlhood: A Window ...
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Meet the real-life sister act behind the two new ’90s Jewish American Girl dolls
And as of this week, in a sense, it is one. On Wednesday, American Girl released its first twin dolls, Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, who are also the first characters from an interfaith family.