There are now 1000 pages on the wiki. I have tagged 522 pages with FMC and 461 with MMC. A few books, of course, have both. 6 pages are tagged unsure, and yet that only adds up to only 989. *shrug*

784 standalones, 188 series, 5 short story collections, and the Kay Collins, Secretary short stories from the Cherry Ames Girls Annuals.

The girls have Kay Collins, 1 collection, 82 series, and 438 standalones. The boys have 3 collections, 114 series, and 344 standalones.

The earliest book I have a page for is Katie Robertson: A Girl's Story of Factory Life by Margaret E. Winslow (1885), but I'm sure earlier books exist. (I don't want to read Horatio Alger!) The first series is Ward Hill, teacher (1897-1909). Ruth Fielding is the first series about a girl.

Military - 130 - 29 girls, 16 of them nurses. 59 series, 1 collection.
Air force - 17
Army - 42
Coast Guard - 6
Marines - 3 (1 girl, 2 boys)
Merchant Marine - 7
Navy - 43

It doesn't add up because for the some books the description doesn't specify what branch the protagonist is in. There are various positions, from pilot to radar trouble-shooter to dietitian to nurse. Notably there is no military doctor protagonist. Many of these are WWI or WWII propaganda, but there are several from before, between, or after. But there's an unsurprising drop-off in the 1960s once the Vietnam War starts, and the only MCs who serve in that war are nurses. ( Read more... )