It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA ...

The American Girl doll ... Rowland noted the lack of age-appropriate dolls for pre-adolescent girls; most dolls on the market at the time were either baby dolls or adult-styled fashion dolls ...

American Girl grew in popularity, expanding to include more historical dolls and books, the Bitty Baby doll line, a magazine for middle-school girls, and all manner of advice and craft books.

That’s so cool,” Porras recalled her daughter saying when she learned about this year’s doll. Each year American Girl introduces a new “Girl of the Year” doll, complete with a background ...