American Girl Felicity Merriman lived during an age of revolutions. What did historians and toymakers get right about Felicity Merriman’s experience as a girl living through the Revolutionary War era? Join us for a discussion on the enduring popularity of her story and what it says about our culture.

Allison Horrocks is a public historian who lives in Lincoln, RI. Allison is the co-author of Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl and a forthcoming book on labor history. For more than five years, Allison co-hosted a podcast on history and pop culture that was featured in The New York Times, Marie Claire, and The Paris Review. She works for the National Park Service.