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 ...

Barbie was created by Ruth Handler to show little girls that there is no limit to what they can do, that there are choices available to them as women. "Barbie", more formally called Barbara Millicent ...

Barbie was created by Ruth Handler in 1959. Barbie has a full name, Barbara Millicent Roberts, who Handler lovingly called “Barbie”. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox ...

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 ...