Robyn Amato never had a Raggedy Ann doll as a child but in the last two decades, she's made up for lost time. "Do you have a very understanding husband?" I asked. Robyn nodded with a, "Yes, I do. He's ...

Raggedy Ann was created in 1915 by Johnny Gruelle, whose daughter Marcella died at the age of 13 after receiving a vaccination. In January 2017, Facebook pages "The Truth About Vaccines" and "VacTruth ...

Even though she's surrounded by more than 3,000 Raggedy Ann dolls, Tampa resident Robyn Amato can't stop collecting. She never had a Raggedy Ann doll as a child, so her fixation didn't start until she ...

I haven’t written about Raggedy Ann for several years, but hers is an interesting tale. The story goes that Raggedy Ann began as a faceless rag doll found by a little girl named Marcella in her ...

Over the weekend I was reading a story in the Wall Street Journal about the history of the anti-vaccination movement when I came across a familiar name: Raggedy Ann. Here’s what the author, NYU ...

Raggedy Ann has endeared herself to young readers for a century – both as a rag doll toy with button eyes and red yarn hair and as the character of a bounty of stories by the late Johnny Gruelle (1880 ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- One of the most popular children's dolls ever made got its start nearly 100 years ago in West Michigan. Who knew Raggedy Ann has a Muskegon connection? Ann Dake did, and ...

Back in 1915, kids’ favorite activities — when they weren’t working in the mines or in textile factories — included shooting marbles, catching 7-cent movies, and playing with Raggedy Ann. And though ...

What does Barbie have that Raggedy Ann doesn’t? Besides the hourglass figure and all those accessories? How cuddly is a Tonka truck? Has anyone ever written the adventures of the Hula-Hoop? The fact ...

ARCOLA — Being present for Raggedy Ann's birthday celebration Saturday amounted to a birthright for 7-year-old Catherine Mazeika of Plainfield. When her mother, Jennifer, was pregnant with Catherine, ...

I admit that I chose this week’s column topic in part for the nostalgia and in part due to the fun that the internet is having over the recent travels of the purportedly haunted doll, Annabelle, that ...