The Barbie doll is one of the most recognizable toys in the world, and it’s all thanks to a woman named Ruth Handler. In 1959, when Handler introduced Barbie, the toy quickly took the world by ...

But this in-crowd doll was born from an outsider. Here’s its Jewish history. The origin story Ruth Handler was born in 1916 in Denver, Colorado, the youngest of 10 children. Her father ...

Who created Barbie and why? Mattel Inc. produces Barbie, an American fashion doll. On March 29, 1959, they were launched. It was created by Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman, who was inspired by ...

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 ...

Let’s Call Her Barbie” by Renée Rosen  c.2025 / Berkley / $19 / 432 pages Looking great is serious business. Skincare, hair ...

Ruth Handler was steadfast in making sure Barbie was a grown-up doll with a grown-up figure so girls could imagine their own futures at a time when women’s career options were limited.

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 ...

Created in 1959 by Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel with her husband Elliot Handler, Barbie was inspired by “watching their daughter play with make-believe paper dolls of adult women”.

Leave it to Greta Gerwig to craft a Barbie movie that references everything from the history of Mattel to Stanley Kubrick films, Disney Channel originals and Michelangelo. From the in-jokes to the ...

The official synopsis, as released by Sky, reads: “While the triumph of the world’s most talked about doll has been widely documented, this film reveals the untold story of Barbie’s Mum and Dad, Ruth ...