![]() ![]() Courageous, daring, and fully autonomous in an era when such characteristics were frowned upon in young ladies, Nancy Drew is regarded by many as the vanguard of a new frontier in juvenile girl's literature. Begun in 1930 by the Stratemeyer Syndicate as a female counterpart to their earlier "Hardy Boys Mystery" series, Nancy Drew was an immediate hit with her primarily adolescent female readership. Starring an independent-minded young woman with a passion for crime-solving, the various incarnations of the "Nancy Drew Mysteries" have sold over two hundred million copies worldwide over their seventy-five year lifespan and are often credited with espousing a prototype of juvenile feminism. ![]() The following entry presents commentary on the "Nancy Drew" juvenile novel series (1930–2006), written under the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene," through 2003.
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