When Lila came out, we all get to see an adult McKenna who is a college student studying early education. Previously, I made a post about what each Girl of the Year (except Lila and McKenna) would be doing in the years after their story takes place. Now I have decided to do the same with the historicals. It will be similar to the Dear America epilogues (unlike with the Girl of the Years). This will be fairly long so I have decided to split this into two parts with Part 1 focusing on the first ten historical characters beginning with the original three.

Kirsten - lived on the Minnesota prairie for the rest of her live enjoying the simple country life where she took care of many farm animals, loved the American customs but never lost her Swedish identity, would always make sure her children and grandchildren all learn of their Swedish culture and heritage, saw the plight of Native Americans in the Minnesota territory and saw Singing Bird whom she still remained friends with and would trade items with just like in childhood

Samantha - always volunteered at the settlement house where Nellie worked as a teacher, working hard to protect and take care of orphans like how she helped take care of Nellie and her sisters, thrilled when women finally got the vote in 1920 and drove in her automobile to the voting booth, became a Flapper (much to Grandmary's disapproval) dancing to the Charleston and other popular jazz dances, continued to help orphans during the Great Depression

Molly - having been inspired by her volunteering at a hospital during the war became interested in becoming a nurse, however struggled with her studies at the nursing school because her math was not good, with help from her father finally graduated from nursing school with honors, never lost touch with Susan, Linda, and Emily (who later went to university in Molly's hometown of Jefferson, Illinois), helped take care of wounded soldiers during the Korean War and Vietnam War

Felicity - during the Revolution helped the Patriot cause, became more prone to do ladylike things as she matured but never lost her spirit and her love of horses, still best friends with Elizabeth even after the end of the Revolution, celebrated with her family when America won its independence at the end of the war, helped the war effort during the War of 1812, but never lost touch with Elizabeth

Addy - pursued her dream in becoming a teacher at a school for African-American children, was a favorite teacher among her students, witnessed Reconstruction in her teens to young adulthood and heard about the Jim Crow laws, held tightly to love and never into hate when dealing with racism and prejudice like how her mother taught her, during the Reconstruction era the Walker family became more financially stable

Josefina - became a healer just like her Tia Magdalena, was a well-respected healer in her rancho and village who helped many people with illnesses and injuries, never married so she can focus on being a heater, witnessed the Mexican-American war and the annexation of New Mexico by the Americanos in the 1840's, mentored other young girls interested in becoming healers

Kit - finally became a reporter for the Cincinnati Register, reported on the Pearl Harbor attacks, helped the war effort and joined a baseball team and was among the women who helped preserve baseball while the baseball players were off fighting, been a reporter for many years until her retirement, during the World War Two the Kittredge family finally became more financially stable and her mother converted the vegetable patch into a Victory Garden

Kaya - took on the name Swan Circling, became a trusted and courageous leader of her tribe just like her namesake, in old age became a great storyteller and would often tell stories about their tribes and deities to the children just like Kautsa during Kaya's childhood, at the age of 50 she and her tribe finally came into contact with "the men with pale faces" when Lewis and Clark came to the Pacific Northwest

Julie - got a job at her mother's shop Gladrags as a teenager, continued to play basketball in high school and college, still wished to protect the environment, studied environmental science at the university, became an environmentalist working at wildlife organizations seeking to protect natural habitats, also volunteered for organizations who work with disabled people including one that Joy works for, still keeps in touch with her best friend Ivy

Rebecca - finally became an actress and making her dream come true, moved to Hollywood and lived with Max and Lily, began with silent films and finally made her first film with sound when "talkies" were invented, became famous and her family back in New York would go to the theater to watch her films, later moved to television in the 1950's, won many Academy and Grammy awards, helped Jewish people who survived the Holocaust

Note:

When I imagine the historical characters in their adulthood in another time period in American history, I try to make it seem similar to the epilogues from the Dear America series which showcased what the main character did in adulthood and how their lives were affected by a future time period. For example, in the Dreams in the Golden Country by Kathryn Lasky, we get see main character Zippy who lived in Samantha's time period helping Holocaust children during World War Two.

Also when I try to decide on what the historical characters would do in their futures I pay attention to their interests, desires, and dreams in the books. For instance in Nellie's Promise Samantha's wish was to help orphans after a trip to the settlement house. So I imagined Samantha would be volunteering at a settlement house like Aunt Cornelia would do. In Changes for Addy, Addy enjoyed going to school to become and was saddened when Sarah could not go. So Addy could be a teacher as an adult. Readers can notice how Felicity is able to do more ladylike things as she matured over the course of the series. In Happy Birthday Felicity! she becomes interested in learning to play the guitar (which was a ladylike activity during the colonies) Also in Felicity's Surprise, Felicity is shown to be interested in the dancing lessons and balls. So I decided Felicity would be more ladylike as she matured while still retaining her active and spirited disposition.