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Oct 4, 2019 · Introduced as “a pretty girl of 16” on the first page of “The Secret of the Old Clock” in 1930, Nancy has inspired generations of readers (Sonia Sotomayor, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton...
- Alexis Soloski
Jan 25, 2015 · Nancy Drew first hit bookshelves in 1930, but that doesn’t mean the girl detective isn’t completely relevant to our lives today. She’s still a totally badass literary heroine who amazes all...
- Nancy Drew Could Have Been Diana Dare.
- Many Powerful Women Have Cited Nancy Drew as One of Their Favorite characters.
- Edward Stratemeyer Actually Felt That A Woman's Place Was in The Home.
- In France, Nancy Drew Has Is Known as Alice Roy.
- Readers Weren't Too Keen on Ned Nickerson.
- She Has Gotten More High-Tech, But only mildly.
Can you imagine being addicted to a book series starring Diana Dare, Stella Strong, Nan Nelson, or Helen Hale? Those are just a few of the namesNancy Drew creator Edward Stratemeyer pitched before landing on Nancy Drew. The first choice was Nan Drew, actually, but his editors thought lengthening the name to "Nancy" made it roll off the tongue a lit...
In addition to loving the Nancy Drew books, many of today's most influential women have cited the fictional character as a real-life inspiration for helping them to realize that women could truly do anything. Some of the women in this elite club of Nancy Drew fans include Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Barbara Wa...
That so many women found inspiration in Nancy Drew is kind of ironic, considering that the series' creator was no kind of feminist. The only reason he created a female detective character was because he had found great success in the young male demographic with The Hardy Boysa few years earlier and wanted to tap into a female audience as well.
She's Kitty Drew in Sweden and Paula Drew in Finland. The book is called Miss Detective in Norway, although inside the book she's still known as Nancy. And in Germany, Nancy is a law student who goes by the name Susanne Langen.
Poor Ned Nickerson. The character spent the bulk of the early days of the series pining after Nancy, who isn't nearly as invested in the relationship as he is. In the first Nancy Drew silver screen adaptation (1938), even his name wasn't good enough: screenwriters thought the name Ned was dated and renamed him Ted. And when Nancy finally got to go ...
There was some talk of updating Nancy for the recent movies, but in the end, it was decided that making her a spy girl with advanced technology and fancy gadgets entirely contradicted the entire being of Nancy Drew. But she has gotten a few timely enhancements: in the recent Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detectiveseries published by Simon & Schuster, Na...
- Stacy Conradt
Apr 5, 2019 · Now as the latest Nancy Drew movie hits theaters, here’s a look at some of the successful women who have cited the girl detective as an influence.
- The Lily News
Jun 23, 2008 · But she's really a free agent, and she's very much an independent, autonomous person at the age of 16, and when you're a little girl of 10 or 11, that's really thrilling. "I don't think there...
- Renee Montagne
Sep 27, 2019 · Successfully solving complicated mysteries, Nancy Drew offered girls the role model of a confident, independent young woman, functioning simultaneously within what was considered appropriate within the sphere of her gender and outside of that sphere in terms of her so-called moxie.
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Nov 2, 2017 · I never wanted to imitate Nancy Drew in either career. But I ached to run along beside her, and that has been a run well worth taking.
