American Girl Julie
American Girl Julie is a cheerful character in the AG series. Julie Albright is a delightful little girl who has a ton of talent and cares for others. She lives in Sanfrancisco, California during the time period of 1974. Julie is faced with a big move, and even though she is only moving a few miles a way it will be further away from her best friend Ivy, not to mention Nutmeg, her cute pet rabbit. Julie's parents are also divorced and the move also means moving away from Dad, which makes matters even more difficult. In the midst of the upheaval of the 70's Julie is seeing all kinds of changes in America. Her mother is the owner of a local store and girls are now being allowed to play sports. Julie learns lessons about friendship and the changing world around her. She is a bright young girl who is proactive and ready to meet challenges.The Julie doll was released to the public in 2007, which was 5 years since the last release of Kaya in 2002.
Julie Albright, 1974
Julie
Albright grew up in San Francisco, California and is depicted by a
ten year-old girl. She grew up during the period of September of 1975
through September of 1976. She grew up during a rough time, but as
many of the other dolls did her best most of the time to make the
best out of anything and everything.
Julie's six main books
were published by an amazing writer named Megan McDonald and the
books themselves were illustrated by well respected Robert Hunter and
Susan MacAiley.
Her series was the second book to really break
from the original titling pattern that American Girl had first
started off with, as Kaya was the first as noted before.
Julie
Albright is also the first of the American Girl dolls to be recorded
as having divorced parents. This was a big change for American Girl,
but in the long run seemed to work rather well for them, if not
perfectly.
Julie visits her father every weekend she gets, but
primarily lives with her mother. The full facts are unknown, but we
do know that her two parents have had and still have their share of
constant conflicts.
Typically Julies books have a main focus
on how acceptable genders are when deciding and allowing others to
participate in school sports, and sports in general, protecting the
environment, and other topics down that similar path. All of these
books in the long run being very educational in a sense.
Ultimately
a lot of Julie's stories also touched a bit on feminism, sexism, the
Vietnman War, Sign language, and water gate. These all primarily were
used to demonstrate the responsibility and important of really being
able to accept and adapt to any type of change, random or not.
A
lot of Julie's references also refer to the Zeitgeist of the
mid-1970s.
Julies actual doll was finally released on
September 10, 2007 and acquired a huge demand and American Girl was
barely able to fulfill that demand upon initial release.
Julie
had great long Blonde hair with a small side braid, brown eyes, and
the same molded face as Josefina. Unfortunately however, her
introductory outfit does not include a bottom.
Julie also is
recorded to only be the second doll to have her own computer game.
Ultimately she had over 2 made for her though. At this time a movie
is even lined up for her though, so her possibilities as a "star"
at this time are endless.