Raggedy Ann

"Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy" redirects here. For the 1941 film, see Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941 film).

Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Ann meets Raggedy Andy for the first time; illustrated by Johnny Gruelle
First appearanceRaggedy Ann Stories (1918)
Created byJohnny Gruelle
In-universe information
SpeciesDoll
GenderFemale
NationalityAmerican

Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) that appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. The character was created in 1915, as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories. When a doll was marketed with the book, the concept had great success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920), introduced the character of her brother, Raggedy Andy. Further characters such as Beloved Belindy, a black mammy doll, were featured as dolls and characters in books.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Washington Post
  2. ^ Wallace-Sanders, Kimberly (February 23, 2019). Mammy: A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0472116140. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Beloved Belindy". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.