... The late 1960s and early 1970s were watershed years in the business of Black dolls. Recognizing new levels of Black purchasing power, and increasingly conscious of both civil rights movement demands for inclusion in consumer culture and psychologists’ concern about racial identity formation...

... fashion dolls feminism action figures gender nonsexist ...

... Black dolls African American civil rights psychology children ...

... Black Power Black dolls African American Mattel Shindana ...

... of toymakers capitalized on feminist rhetoric by manufacturing new products: Barbie-inspired dolls with feminist sensibilities, and anatomically correct dolls reflecting the era’s liberal attitudes toward the body. Among these efforts to reach feminist consumers was a remarkable collaboration between one...

... strategies of Black Power to the making of Black dolls. This chapter traces Shindana’s history, from its roots in the local activism that grew out of the 1965 Watts Rebellion—which included the formation of its parent organization, Operation Bootstrap—to its leasing of a showroom in New York’s Toy Center...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...

... in Civil War Medicine,” Signs 17 (1992): 363–92; Kristie Ross, “Arranging a Doll’s House: Refined Women as Union Nurses,” in Clinton and Silber, Divided Houses, 97–113; Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman’s Power and Woman’s Place in the United States, 1630–1970 (New York: Oxford...