it's a doll's house and we're living in it (with Dr. Jillian Hernandez)
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The History of the Porcelain Doll
The first porcelain dolls were made of Chinese porcelain and were called china dolls. The second type is the wax over doll, which is a less expensive doll with the head of composition paper mache or other materials that is then dipped or coated in wax. Reinforced dolls came out later than the other two to make one more durable. As dolls began to be produced on a larger scale, they also started to represent a lot of societal ideas about gender.
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