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 ...

Co-founder Ruth Handler was traveling through Switzerland ... (Named after the Mattel founders’ daughter, Barbara Handler; their son, of course, is named Ken.) 2. Her fame is global, but she ...

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 ...