Chatty Cathy Remake . In the 1970s, Mattel tried to capture that Chatty Cathy magic with a re-release, but it didn’t have the same impact that the previous decade's dolls ...

Rowland noted the lack of age-appropriate dolls for pre-adolescent girls; most dolls on the market at the time were either baby dolls ... the first African American doll, was introduced in 1993 ...