Sunday, March 22, 2020

American Doll and Toy Museum: Keep Smiling!

American Doll and Toy Museum: Keep Smiling!: If ever we needed Shirley Temple, we need her optimism and sunny smile, now.  Yet, we can remember her, and other friends and family no long...

Sunday, March 15, 2020

International Women's Day and Women's History Month

Joan of Ark

Anne Boleyn, Uneek Doll Designs.  Collection American Doll and Toy Museum

L:  Elizabeth II, Peggy Nisbet dolls with two Welsh dolls.  American Doll and Toy Museum.
Boadicea, Celtic Queen of the Iceni, by Uneek Doll Designs, Debbie Ritter
We celebrate historical women like Anne Boleyn, Erzebet, and other like them, persecuted and misunderstood.  We celebrate the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote in the US.

Here are some dolls of historical women; see also my boards on Pinterest and pictures on Flickr:

Scarlett O'Hara, creation of Margaret Mitchell and Madame Beatrice Alexander
American Doll and Toy Museums's Tribute to the Girls Day Festival.  Note Yoko Ono's
Book on Creativity, Grapefruit