Poll: Who should the next Historical be?

[Katie148]

My top pick is for an Asian girl from any time or country, although I really like the idea of a Hawaiian girl! That would be really interesting and unique.

I also like the idea of a 1920's Jazz Age girl, though. I don't know about her clothes, but I'm sure her stories would be nothing like Kit's - the '20's were a world away from the Great Depression.

And a Jewish girl is definitely needed in the AG collection. Maybe the next doll could be an Asian Jewish girl from the 1920's? [img]wink.gif[/img] That would definitely be unique...

[linzystar]

I'd like to see an asian historical, but I was thinking 1849...for the gold rush

I'd also really like to see a girl from the 60's/70's

[llennox]

I love all your ideas...but if they all came to fruition at once, I would buy the Asian immigrant first.

Although I've already made my Pilgrim girl (see my album below), I'd still be interested in AG's version. I'd also like to see a New England farm girl from the early 1700's...butter churns, spinning wheels, candle molds all just thrill me! And ooooh, the large kitchen fireplace with lug poles and trammels and lots of pots.

[QNPoohBear]

Originally posted by Bess's Granddaughter:
butter churns, spinning wheels, candle molds all just thrill me! And ooooh, the large kitchen fireplace with lug poles and trammels and lots of pots.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Me too, LOL! I was originally planning a whole series of Susanna's ancestors. If I make it past one, I'll let you know! Libby, come visit! I'll take you to a 1700's house musuem in my neighborhood!

[Grapedy1982]

An 1894 Russian immigrant OR an 1804 Creole girl living on a River Road sugar cane plantation. The actual events in Louisiana during the time of the Purchase are one of the most overlooked areas in American history. It was a very diverse and tolerant culture that we Americans came in and destroyed.

As much as I would like to see Addy "officially" balanced with a Southern plantation girl, I hope to God it never happens. I have no faith whatsoever that AG, in the current political mindset of our country, could even have a prayer of getting it right. Plus 1864 would just be a bad time to have a Southern doll set in because her clothes would be terrible. By that time in the war, new fabric was impossible to get unless you had the means to make it yourself, trims had long ago been used up as bandages for wounded soldiers and it just wouldn't be a very "pretty" collection if they made any attempt to get it historically accurate.

If you want a plantation girl at the height of plantation life, then it would need to be an 1854 girl. But since they already did Kirsten in that year I'm not going to hold my breath. I think it would be interesting to have an 1874 doll in the South during Reconstruction. But again, they don't have a prayer of getting it right historically.

[annkirstin]

I'd really like to see a Pilgrim girl but the way they've been marketing Kaya as "the first American girl," I'd wager they don't have plans for a Pilgrim or Puritan girl.

I also like the Hawaiian girl idea! That would be so cool! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

[rachie421]

Originally posted by Kathrine:
I really want them to make a Puritan/Pilgrim girl, since it is such essential values to the American people.
I once took a class on how the puritan ideas and the story of the Pilgrim fathers still higly affects the American society of today, it was very interesting and there were so many things, that I understood so much better about things like American politics afterwards, it really was an eye-opener.
Also her collection wouldn't be that big, so it wouldn't be so costly to collect it all, as it is to collect say Samantha.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I completely agree. Its amazing how much of America has been influenced by the Puritans, for bad or good depending on how you look at it! (Im going t go with mostly not so good [img]tongue.gif[/img] I dont know how much of that could be put in books for younger readers tho. Still, its an incredibly important time in our history, if the Puritans hadnt happened, its possible no other colonists would have bothered to come over. [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]