History of the Doll
Behind the Scenes
Name the Dolls
100

In this year, American Girl was founded

What is 1986?

100

The doll Kaya, the only Native American doll, had this feature edited due to a Nez Perce cultural taboo.

What is her teeth?

100

This doll is meant to represent English colonial America and the early American Revolutionary War period and is the only doll confirmed to own slaves.

Who is Felicity?

200

This was the original name for the American Girl company

What is the Pleasant Company?

200

This is the name of the 2014 refresh and rerelease of American Girl Doll's historical doll line.

What is Beforever?

200

This doll was the first African-American doll to be released and the first doll of color. She lived in the Civil War Era.

Who is Addy?

300

This doll was the first American Girl of the Year

Who is Lindsay?

300

These three dolls were the first to have their books released in 1986.

Who are Samantha, Kirsten, and Molly?

300

This doll was one of the first three historical characters released in 1986. She represents the late World War II Era.

Who is Molly?

400

In this city, the very first American Girl Place opened up

What is Chicago, IL?

400

This doll was intended to be from the Victorian era, but her story started in 1904, three years after Queen Victoria died

Who is Samantha?

400

This doll represented early twentieth-century America during the second wave of European immigration and Jewish-American culture.

Who is Rebecca?

500

This American Girl was made an "online exclusive" in 2002 before making a catalog comeback in 2005

Who is Felicity?

500

This author wrote all six of Felicity's books

Who is Valerie Tripp?

500

This doll was the fourteenth Historical Character and the first initially BeForever exclusive character, released in 2015. She represents the 1950s.

Who is Maryellen?

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