As American Girl turns 40, we look back on the impact their historical characters left on young people.

What was your favorite American Girl doll, the one you identified with? ALLISON HORROCKS: My name is Allison Horrocks, and I am still a Molly McIntire. MARY MAHONEY: I'm Mary Mahoney, and I'm ...

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 ...

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, ...