Born above her father's doll hospital in 1895 Brooklyn, it only made sense for Beatrice Alexander Behrman to go into the family business. She was 28 when she started a company that would both ...

For more than 73 years, Madame Alexander dolls have provided enormous pleasure. The small-scale, cherubic-looking dolls, with classic hairdos, pursed lips, large eyes, tiny noses and period attire, ...

As a child Beatrice Alexander Behrman watched as brokenhearted girls brought their damaged dolls to her father's doll hospital for repair. She vowed then to one day make an unbreakable doll. In 1923, ...