The inspiration for Barbie came from an observation Ruth Handler made while watching her daughter, Barbara, play with paper ...

Ruth named the doll Barbie, after her daughter ... or wearing a wedding dress made of toilet paper. As Chin says, children “often go off script in ways that are super interesting and can ...

Ruth noticed toys marketed to girls were ... The only ‘grown-up’ fashion dolls available were made of paper - and so Barbie was born in the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin, USA, with ...

this film reveals the untold story of Barbie’s Mum and Dad, Ruth Handler and Jack Ryan. The documentary delves into the history of the duo who made Barbie rise to fame, one who built the largest toy ...

Akron native Renée Rosen says that her novel “Let’s Call Her Barbie” was “in the works long before the Barbie movie came out,” and the timing could hardly be better. The story of an American icon is ...

They are an unlikely duo, but are currently sharing a stage. Barbie and Julia Child are both comfortably ensconced at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.