American Girl dolls and books, which have connected girls to U.S. history for 40 years, were directly inspired by the era that gave birth to this nation. On a trip to the living-history museum ...

The recent launch of two "historical" American Girl dolls from the 1990s is making some millennial women feel very, very old. Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, the newest characters in American Girl's ...

NEW YORK — The American Girls are turning 40, but when you look at them, you’d never know it. They are forever 10, schoolgirls with hair bows and a semi-smile that reveals two front teeth. You know ...

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 ...

Mattel’s American Girl doll brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary by bringing back its Historical Characters line of 18-inch dolls. Mattel announced on Tuesday that the dolls in the American Girl ...

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 ...

Prepare to feel like an ancient artifact. American Girl unveiled its newest “historical” dolls Wednesday: fraternal twins Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, straight out of the 1990s. They join the other ...

If you grew up in the ’90s, you probably had a favorite American Girl doll — or desperately wanted one. Samantha’s bows, Molly’s glasses, Kirsten’s braids — these weren’t just toys, they were ...

American Girl dolls and books, which have connected girls to U.S. history for 40 years, were directly inspired by the era that gave birth to this nation.