The American Girl doll line, first released in 1986 by Pleasant Company, was all the rage — a number of my friends from school shamelessly boasted about their Samantha, Felicity, Elizabeth ...

The sets come packaged in a retro-inspired American Girl doll box ... its 35th birthday by reintroducing its six original characters in a special anniversary collection. Samantha Parkington ...

American Girl's founder, Pleasant Rowland, poses alongside the company's three original dolls (L to R): Kirsten, Samantha and Molly. American Girl Sold for anywhere between $65 and $110 ...

Former Boston academics Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith explore American Girl’s lingering impact on history, ...

Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. To some, those might just be a random assortment of girls' names — but to past and present owners of American Girl dolls, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly are household ...