My name is Kathy Hillis-Dickinson. I’ve love dolls since I was a very small child.
My first memory of dolls in my life was Christmas, at age five, in 1960. I woke up to a tiny card table in my parents’ living room, covered in a table cloth, with an American Character Lollipop Lolly sitting in a little matching chair. In front of that silly doll was an FAO Schwarz tea set, with little rosebuds on it; and shortbread cookies. My mom already had hot lemon tea in the tea pot.