Historians at doll enthusiast site noted that Gruelle's purported creation of a "dead" and "lifeless" tribute to his daughter with X marks over the doll's eyes were "absurd": The rumor clearly had sticking power and regularly made the rounds on social media, and although aspects of it may be correct, the gist of the "vaccination" claim is easily disputed. In general, the memes and articles advanced the claim that Raggedy Ann dolls were created by Johnny Gruelle in 1915 as symbols of the dangers and deaths purportedly associated with vaccines. This myth was hinted at by the Wall Street Journal in February 2015. It was this sick vaccine-injured child that inspired Gruelle to create the Raggedy Ann doll. Between the time she became ill from the vaccination and her death a few months later, her body was completely limp, like a rag doll. In 1921, Johnny Gruelle's 8-yr old daughter was vaccinated in school without her parents' permission. In January 2017, Facebook pages " The Truth About Vaccines" and " " shared memes promotion the notion that the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls were created as part of an anti-vaccination movement:ĭifferent versions of this claim had appeared as early as 2009, and the alternative health site RealFarmacy published a 2014 article that linked Raggedy Ann with a death caused (they said) by vaccination: Raggedy Ann was patented before Marcella's death and had nothing to do with vaccine opposition.
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