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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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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 7:01 PM ET | Last Updated: December 19, 2020
The first book in the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Old Clock, was published in April 1930.(Penguin Random House) ....

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