Is this cause for celebration? American Girl was dreamed up by the fabulously named teacher Pleasant Rowland in 1986 as a way to portray different ethnicities and aspects of American history. Each doll had a little book that dealt with topics such as race, poverty and even child abuse. Since being taken over in 1998, the company has expanded across America; in its shops, girls can pick dolls that look just like them, with matching outfits. (Martinson, 2013).
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