History Literature / AmericanGirlsKit

** Even closer to home was fellow Cincinnati resident [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowry_(writer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowry]] who was noted as a literary wunderkind who began writing at the age of 8; within a year, he had stories published in the Cincinnati Times Star.

* TruthInTelevision: Kit's dream of being a journalist is child's play compared to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Lysiak Hilde Lysiak]], an American child author whose exploits have gained national attention such as when she covered a grisly murder of all things at ''nine years old''.

-->'''Margaret''': I'm hoping the peach slices will distract our guests from the fact that we've had oatmeal four times this week already. But it's cheap and it's filling.

* SoupOfPoverty: When the Great Depression hits, Kit's family has to take in boarders in order to make ends meet. With so many people living at the house, Kit's mother has to find creative ways to stretch the food so that it lasts, including cutting toast in triangles to make it look like there's more and topping the oatmeal with peach slices to distract the boarders from noticing that they've eaten it four times in one week.

* StealthMentor: In ''Changes for Kit'', Uncle Hendrick makes Kit type down his letters to Mr. Gibson, the newspaper editor. He emphasizes to her that a letter to the newspaper must begin with "To the Editor," make one point using simple and direct language, use less than 250 words, and be signed or it won't be printed. Kit is eventually inspired by his advice to write a letter of her own about the plight of hobo children affected by the Depression, which gets published in the newspaper and inspires many more people to donate clothing to the soup kitchen.

* StealthMentor: In ''Changes for Kit'', Uncle Hendrick makes Kit type down his letters to Mr. Gibson, the newspaper editor. He emphasizes to her that a letter to the newspaper must begin with "To the Editor," make a singular point using simple and direct language, use less than 250 words, and be signed or it won't be printed. Kit is eventually inspired by his advice to write a letter of her own about the plight of hobo children affected by the Depression, which gets published in the newspaper and inspires many more people to donate clothing to the soup kitchen.

* StealthMentor: In ''Changes for Kit'', Uncle Hendrick makes Kit type down his letters to Mr. Gibson, the newspaper editor. He emphasizes to her that a letter to the newspaper must begin with "To the Editor," make a singular point, use simple and direct language, use less than 250 words, and be signed or it won't be printed. Kit is eventually inspired by his advice to write a letter of her own about the plight of hobo children affected by the Depression, which gets published in the newspaper and inspires many more people to donate clothing to the soup kitchen.

* StealthMentor: In ''Changes for Kit'', Uncle Hendrick makes Kit type down his letters to the newspaper editor. He emphasizes to her that letters must be short, concise and get their point across. Kit is eventually inspired by his advice to write a letter of her own, which gets published in the newspaper.

Kit Kittredge, released in 2000, was the seventh historical character of Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection, representing TheGreatDepression.

* PetTheDog: Uncle Hendrick gets a mild one in ''Kit's Surprise'', when he tells Kit to keep the money he was going to pay for a shoe shine after she did it herself (because the store was out of business), and allows her to earn more money in this fashion going forward. It's not exactly a massive expression of generosity (if he were truly generous, he'd help the family out more substantially and without expecting anything in return), but despite his miserly ways, he chooses to be what he would consider fair to Kit (paying her the same as he would pay a professional for the same task) rather than take advantage of her by taking the money back, even though it's to his own (admittedly slight) detriment.

Margaret Mildred "Kit" Kittredge is a young tomboy in 1929 Cincinnati who dreams of becoming a reporter. However, she and her family must adjust to living sparingly as the consequences of the Depression begin to affect them.

* MayDecemberRomance: Fandom loves Kit/Will, with a 5 year age gap.

* PetTheDog: Uncle Hendrick gets a mild one in ''Kit's Surprise'', when he tells Kit to keep the money he was going to pay for a shoe shine after she did it herself (because the store was out of business), and allows her to earn more money in this fashion going forward. It's not exactly a massive expression of generosity (if he were truly generous, he'd help the family out more substantially and without expecting anything in return), but despite his miserly ways, he chooses to treat Kit in a way that he considers fair (if she does the work, she's earned the money and should get it) rather than take advantage of her, even though it's to his own (admittedly slight) detriment and even though Kit clearly wouldn't think twice about it (as demonstrated by the fact that she's prepared to give the money back).

* PetTheDog: Uncle Hendrick gets a mild one in ''Kit's Surprise'', when he tells Kit to keep the money he was going to pay for a shoe shine after she did it herself (because the store was out of business), and allows her to earn more money in this fashion going forward. It's not exactly a massive expression of generosity (if he were truly generous, he'd help the family out more substantially and without expecting anything in return), but despite his miserly ways, he chooses to treat her in a way that he considers fair (he won't just give her money for nothing because he sees that as a "handout", but if she does the work, she gets the money), even though it costs him and even though there would likely be no real consequences to him for not doing so.

* PetTheDog: Uncle Hendrick gets a mild one in ''Kit's Surprise'', when he tells Kit to keep the money he was going to pay for a shoe shine after she did it herself (because the store was out of business), and allows her to earn more money in this fashion going forward. It's not exactly a massive expression of generosity (if he were truly generous, he'd help the family out more substantially and without expecting anything in return), but despite his miserly ways, rather than take advantage of Kit, he treats her in a way that he considers to be fair by his standards (he won't just give her money for nothing, but if she does the work, she gets the money), even though it costs him and even though there would likely be no real consequences to him for not doing so.

* MeaningfulName: Kit's middle name is "Mildred" meaning "gentle strength" and she is as big-hearted as she's strong and determined.

* TruthInTelevision: Kit's dream of being a journalist is child's play compared to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Lysiak Hilde Lysiak]], an American child author whose exploits have gained national attention such as when she covered a grisly murder of all things.

* AdaptedOut: In Kit's movie, Charlie and Aunt Millie both function as TheGhost; they're referred to, but you only see Charlie in a photograph in the background. Other characters have their significance cut down (Uncle Hendrick and Roger each only have a scene or two) but remain in the story. All of the pets except Kit's dog Grace are AdaptedOut.

* GirlinessUpgrade: Kit states that she doesn't like pink, and her collection originally reflected this with no pink outfits and items. Once her movie came out, [[OutofCharacterMoment Kit got a batch of pink outfits and a pink blanket]].

* LiveActionAdaptation: Got her own movie.

* DisappearedDad: Stirling's dad, who "flew into the coop".

Kit Kittredge, released in 2000, was the seventh historical character of Franchise/AmericanGirlsCollection, representing TheGreatDepression.

* CoolBigSis: GenderIvertedTrope--Kit's older brother Charlie is open and honest with his sister about what their family is going through.