American Girl Josefina
Growing up in New Mexico in 1824, the American Girl doll Josefina Montoya is based on her story of struggle and bravery. At a young age Josefina had to deal with the death of her mother which was a very hard time for the family. She and her sisters had to figure things out quickly as they managed the ranch and took over greater responsibilities. Soon the traders from the east began to move in and their ways were much different that the ways to to her and her sisters by her mother. There is a constant struggle to maintain the values passed down from her mother and her teachings. Josefina is a dreamer whose greatest desire is to become like her hero Tia Magdalena who is a healer in the land. Her story is one of faith and hope and is an encouraging tale.
It was 1997 when the Josefina doll was added to the American Girl doll collection and is one of the most unique dolls made.
Josefina Montoya, 1824
Maria
Josefina Montoya is from New Mexico. The time that Josefina lived
though was when New Mexico was still addressed as Mexico. Maria and
her three older sisters basically need to figure out a new way to
live successfully and at least relatively happily after their mother
recently died and the new arrival of their Aunt, Dolores.
There
have been made available plenty of Spanish Phrases and words, along
with their definitions. In the back of her little books there's even
pronunciation tips for pronouncing the given phrases and words.
Something that is highly useful to someone interested in Spanish, or
even interested in learning some new Spanish words, phrases, etc.
Josefina's main goal in her stories is to incorporate the
past with her future to possibly allow them to handle their mothers
death easier. Although, this is of course not a guaranteed method of
approach. Dealing with such a harsh thing as she did, the loss of a
lost one is very very challenging as I'm sure you can imagine, so she
did what she could.
In addition to this, Josefina's main
purpose in her books and in general is to encourage family, Mexican
culture, and Mexican conditions. Josefina primarily focused on these
as she felt they were most important, or useful in life. Any and all
who read her little accessories or her story will absolutely find
these extremely helpful, and possibly even inspirational!
Ultimately
Josefina was the last American Girl doll introduced before Mattel
took over. Not to say the take over was a bad thing to happen, it
primarily was just full of differences and innovations. (Even know
Kit and Kaya were undergoing creation as this was happening.) Due to
this, Josefina could absolutely be seen as "one of a
kind", this also raising her value overall. Josefina is really a
great example of what you could ideally do when life throws you a bad
hand.
The Josefina Dolla really got a complete 360 creation
with a new type of skin, clothes, and hair material. Not to mention
the new, high quality face mold she was given, in part of her
creation.
Josefina's collection of books and accessories
primarily consisted of age appropriate clothes, cultural decorations,
and or items for the time and day in age back then. Bare in mind,
these notes and items for Josefina are barely accessible now a days.
Even American Girl has stopped distributed them.