American Girl dolls were the center of my elementary school life. I remember owning two, both the ‘make your own’ dolls. I named them both after Francis Hogden Burnett’s characters: Emily, after the ...

Former Boston academics Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith explore American Girl’s lingering impact on history, politics, and young women in the US For kids of the ’80s onward, if you didn’t ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – At 9 years old, I wanted an American Girl doll more than anything. And on Christmas morning 1989, I was overjoyed to discover Kirsten Larson under the tree. Kirsten was a Swedish ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On Sept.17, just two days into Hispanic Heritage Month, American Girl released the doll and character Raquel Reyes ...

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a dead fur trapper, ...