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Raggedy Ann and Andy
In 1915, Johnny Gruelle’s daughter Marcella brought him an old rag doll. He drew a face on it and called her Raggedy Ann. A cartoonist and illustrator, Gruelle wrote a children’s story about Raggedy Ann in 1918. Publisher P.F. Volland arranged to sell the dolls alongside the book. They had a hit! In 1920, Ann got a brother, Raggedy Andy. Gruelle averaged a book a year for the next twenty years about the brother and sister combo that came to life when humans weren’t looking. Raggedy Ann entered the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. Andy joined her in 2007.