In high school, Ruth met a boy named Izzy Handler, and the two eventually married in 1938. The couple then made ... Barbie ...

Ruth Handler is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and serving as the first president of Mattel, a company she co-founded with her husband Elliot Handler, from 1945 to 1973.

Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she ...

This Kawaii-themed Barbie doll was offered at a convention in 2018, but here's the catch: Only 15 dolls were ever made. She featured ... but this one signed by the Ruth Handler, the inventor ...

Like every girl who has ever played ... See How Barbie Is Created Barbie has courted controversy since her birth. Her creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli ...

Born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, American entrepreneur and inventor Ruth Handler ... This was Barbie’s first ever outfit, with no pink in sight - the colour wouldn’t become the doll’s ...

Inventor Ruth ... Handler’s daughter, Barbara, and was from the fictional Willows, Wisconsin. For its 65th anniversary Mattel unveiled a special doll which took inspiration from the first ever ...