![]() ![]() 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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