Plenty of celebrities opt to go by stage names in Hollywood. From Natalie Hershlag (Portman) to Olivia Cockburn (Wilde) there ...

The “American Girl of Today” line, later renamed “Just Like You” and eventually “Truly Me,” allowed girls to choose dolls that looked like them, with a variety of skin tones ...

It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin ... “Nothing had changed,” Greene says. “She told me about the bosses walking up and down yelling at the workers ...

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made ...

Decorating wands at the craft table is Monica Edwards and her daughter, Mariah Edwards. The Galloway family attended the tea ...

Aurora Fenzl brought a Kirsten doll to a program about American Girl dolls Saturday at the Minnesota History Center. (Greta Kaul/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Nothing against Barbie, but the McCloskey sisters of Chaska were all about their American Girl dolls. Katie McCloskey realized early on that unlike Barbie, who liked to shop, wear cute clothes, ...

and historical facts in their stories have stayed with me over the years. This year marks American Girl’s 35th anniversary. Originally produced by The Pleasant Company, the dolls and their ...

And as of this week, in a sense, it is one. On Wednesday, American Girl released its first twin dolls, Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, who are also the first characters from an interfaith family.