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'''The main Historical Characters currently consist of:'''
* Kaya'aton'my (1764): Nez Perce Native American in the Pacific Northwest, pre-European settlement. Tries to get rid of her [[Embarrassing Nickname]] 'Magpie' by proving to her tribe she isn't like the selfish bird. She has a [[Cool Horse]].
* Felicity Merriman (1774): Strangely, ''not'' part of the original three, yet pulled from the lineup in 2011; she was later re-released in 2017 as part of the BeForever reboot. [[Fiery Redhead]], daughter of a merchant family in Virginia as [[The American Revolution]] approaches. Her series has a lot of plots focusing on the conflict of independence vs. loyalty to tradition. She also has a [[Cool Horse]].
* Josefina Montoya (1824): [[Shrinking Violet]], daughter of a rancher in Mexican-controlled Southwest. Her [[Missing Mom|mother died]] just before her series starts, leaving her, her three sisters, and their grieving father somewhat lost, until her aunt Dolores moves in and helps everyone discover their [[Hidden Depths]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|No relation.]]
* Cécile Rey and Marie-Grace Gardner (1853): Two very different girls (a French-speaking African American and an English-speaking Caucasian American, respectively) growing up and becoming friends during the boom of 19th century New Orleans, Louisiana. The girls' stories involve embracing one another despite differences and cultural barriers, and giving aid to those in distress, most notably during [[The Plague|the breakout of yellow fever]] which struck New Orleans in 1853. The first of the main historical characters to be marketed as a duo (although each have their books, and their dolls can be purchased separately), and the newest to be released as of summer 2011. Also one of the
* Kirsten Larson (1854): One of the original three, pulled from the lineup in 2010. Swedish immigrant to Minnesota in Pioneer Times. The series focuses on the difficulties of adapting to a new life in harsh surroundings and features many staples of "frontier" stories, such as scary weather, a strict [[Schoolmarm]] and a [[Black Best Friend|secret Native American friend]].
* Addy Walker (1864): The first non-white doll. First a slave in North Carolina, then escapes to Philadelphia, during [[The American Civil War]]. Her family is separated and has to reunite, and stories focus on issues faced by former slaves, such as catching up on the education they'd been denied and the fact that "free" black people weren't all that free, even in the North.
* Samantha Parkington (1904): One of the original three, pulled from the lineup in 2009 and was re-released in 2014 as part of the BeForever line. Marketed as Victorian Era despite 1904 being [[The Edwardian Era]]. She's a rich orphan being raised by her conservative grandmother in upstate New York. She learns about the women's suffrage movement and the horrors of child labor.
* Rebecca Rubin (1914): Russian Jewish immigrant living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and aspires to be a movie actress, despite her parents and grandparents' more traditional views.
* Kit Kittredge (1934): Cincinnati, Ohio, during [[The Great Depression]]. Learning to make-do with and without a lot of things that many people then took for granted.
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* Molly McIntire (1944): She lives in Illinois during [[World War II]], while her father is serving in England as a doctor, and her books are largely about adapting to the changes brought on by war. Emily Bennett, an English war evacuee and the family's ward, was released as a Best Friend doll in 2006. They were both retired in 2013, though Molly was re-released as a Costco bundle in 2018.
* Maryellen Larkin (1954): The first character to be released after the BeForever reboot, hailing from Daytona Beach, Florida. A polio survivor (thus making her the first character to have a disability, though it isn't explicitly shown in her doll) and the middle child in a large family, she tries to make herself heard.
* Julie Albright (1974): Lives in [[San Francisco]] in [[The Seventies]]. She learns how to deal with the changes her parents' divorce caused to her life while navigating social upheavals like [[You Go, Girl!|second-wave feminism]], the environmentalist movement, and the changing rights of racial minorities (explored through her relationship with her Chinese best friend).
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