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Category: Posts by Michelle Parnett-Dwyer

Image of Dare Wright at Home in New York City, Dare Wright Media, January 19, 2023, Courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution.
  • Posts by Michelle Parnett-Dwyer

The Lonely Doll and Unconventional Connections

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 10, 2023

Born in 1914, Dare Wright spent her early childhood with her mother, famed portrait artist…

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Crayola Crayons Color Drawing Set, about 1960. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • National Toy Hall of Fame

The Importance of Coloring and Authentic Self-Expression

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

In 1900, Binney & Smith ventured into the school supply business. The company created handy…

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Turning on the Kettle, Foxy Belle, flickr, January 29, 2022, Courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution.
  • Culture and Society

Pampered Pooches: Anthropomorphized Dolls

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 26, 2022

The Strong recently acquired a few anthropomorphized fashion dolls. A dog with a human-like body…

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The Gorey Pig, by Edward Gorey, 1979. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

From the Page to the Playroom

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

In 1976, scholar Barbara Bader defined a picture book as “text, illustrations, total design; an…

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Ladies’ Guide to Football (cover), 1966, The Strong, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Culture and Society

Ditch the “Ladies’ Guide to Football” and Get in the Game

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

A recent addition to The Strong museum’s collection got me thinking about how gender intersects…

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American Girl Holiday 2021 Catalog, Courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution.
  • Announcement

American Girl Dolls Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Following a visit to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Christmas shopping trip for her nieces,…

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  • Barbie

A Vote for Barbie

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on August 19, 2021September 4, 2021

Dressed in her inaugural gown of red, blue, and silver, Barbie made her political debut…

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  • Culture and Society

Aww, That’s So Cute. The Japanese culture of kawaii.

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 10, 2021June 11, 2021

The Japanese culture of kawaii—loosely meaning cute—emerged in the 1970s when teenage girls with extra…

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  • Culture and Society

Madame Alexander: Feminism in the Doll Industry

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Born in 1895, Bertha (Beatrice) Alexander Behrman grew up living above her stepfather’s doll hospital…

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  • Cars

Revved Up and Ready to Roll: Manual-Powered Ride-On Toys

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 11, 2021

Ride-on toys, or kiddie cars, first appeared on the paved sidewalks and driveways of America…

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  • Culture and Society

Charles Harrison: The Black Industrial Designer Who Revamped View-Master

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 10, 2021

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931, Charles Harrison spent his childhood playing with model airplanes…

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Baby Nancy Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 12, 2020December 22, 2020

It all began following the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California. Louis S. Smith,…

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Marvelous Menagerie, Boston Sunday Globe, 1895. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

Extra, Extra: Read All About Newspapers and Play

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on October 29, 2020

For more than a century, the newspaper trade has had to determine creative ways to…

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  • Culture and Society

Skater Girls: A Brief History on Female of Skateboarders

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

In 1959, Roller Derby Skate Company released its Roller Derby Skateboard, the first mass-produced skateboard…

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  • Culture and Society

Fabrics and Findings

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 26, 2020June 25, 2020

Today, with the plethora of home improvement shows and lifestyle blogs, many of us want…

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