Nancy Drew, fictional teenage amateur detective in an extended series of mystery books written by Carolyn Keene (a collective pseudonym, used by Edward Stratemeyer and, among many others, by his daughter Harriet S. Adams). Nancy Drew’s intelligence, courage, and independence made her a popular role model.
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Nancy Drew at 90: How the girl sleuth became an unintentional feminist
Ninety years after the first Nancy Drew books were published, the girl sleuth is as popular as ever. We take a look at how Nancy Drew came to be and how she became an unintended feminist role model for generations of women.
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The first book in the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Old Clock, was published in April 1930.(Penguin Random House)