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- She landed on the Moon before Neil Armstrong. It might not come as a surprise to learn that Barbie has pursued multiple different jobs in her 60-year career span.
- She regularly runs for president. She’s not just made from plastic; this doll is presidential candidate material. Not content with an already out-of-this-world career, every four years, Barbie’s sights are laser-focused on something altogether more terrestrial: the presidential elections.
- Her origins are less than family-friendly. Barbie’s creator, Ruth Handler, was inspired to create Barbie after watching her daughter shun her childish dolls, opting instead to dress up and accessorise her more mature paper dolls.
- Her designer was a little more militant. As if being styled after a promiscuous German cartoon wasn’t interesting enough, Barbie’s designer and the patent owner, Jack Ryan, didn’t have a long history in toy production.
Jul 14, 2023 · Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot founded the toy company Mattel in a garage workshop in Southern California in 1945; she came up with the idea for the Barbie doll, which was launched in 1959.
Jul 13, 2023 · Barbie was created by Ruth Handler of Mattel who was the principal architect of the doll's campaign. Handler was inspired by watching her daughter play with paper dolls that resembled adult...
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Sep 5, 2023 · The 'Barbie' movie hits streaming services on September 12th. See the cast and their characters: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt.
Oct 24, 2024 · Barbie, an 11-inch- (29-cm-) tall plastic doll with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced on March 9, 1959, by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. Ruth Handler, who cofounded Mattel with her husband, Elliot, spearheaded the introduction of the doll.
- Barbie is an 11-inch- (29-cm-) tall plastic doll with the figure of an adult woman that was originally modeled on the Lilli doll (produced in West...
- Barbie officially debuted on March 9, 1959, at the American International Toy Fair in New York City as a creation of Mattel, Inc.’s Ruth Handler. H...
- Two of the most common criticisms of Barbie are of an excessive materialism communicated through the doll’s “lifestyle” and the doll’s unrealistic...
- Barbie is a very popular collectible. Aficionados are interested in both old Barbies and the special-edition Barbies that Mattel creates to cater t...
Jul 13, 2023 · The humble Barbie doll has gone through quite a journey: a childhood toy, a feminist icon, a lightning rod for feminist discontent, a byword for bimbo and, thanks to this summer’s grabbing new...
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Barbie is a fashion doll created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959. The toy was based on the German Bild Lilli doll which Handler had purchased while in Europe.
