As Ruth Handler was brainstorming new ideas for toys, she saw her daughter Barbara and her friends playing with paper dolls, using them to act out fantasies of being cheerleaders, college students ...

The inspiration for Barbie came from an observation Ruth Handler made while watching her daughter, Barbara, play with paper dolls. Ruth noticed that Barbara and her friends often preferred playing ...

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But Barbara and her friends wanted to play being ... In Ruth’s memoir “Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story,” she wrote, “Barbie has always represented the fact that a woman has choices.

Robert Mora/Getty Images The 3,200-square-foot Century City residence was purchased from the real Barbie herself—Barbara Handler Segal, daughter of Mattel cofounders Ruth and Elliot Handler—by ...

Barbara), along with his wife Ruth and Mattel co-founder Harold Matson, established a business that's now a multi-billion dollar company employing over 30,000 people. Elliot Handler provided ...

Born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, American entrepreneur and inventor Ruth Handler created Barbie, inspired by her daughter Barbara (Barbie’s boyfriend Ken would later be named for Ruth’s son ...

American Business Professional Ruth Handler was born Ruth Marianna Mosko on 4th November, 1916 in Denver, Colorado, USA and passed away on 27th Apr 2002 Los Angeles, CA aged 85. She is most remembered ...