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Jun 24, 2024 · Let’s dive deeper into the remarkable journey to Barbieland of Ruth Handler, examining her rise to success with the blonde bombshell doll and the enduring principles advocated for in financial...
Jun 20, 2024 · In 1960 or 1961, she encouraged Mattel founder Ruth Handler to create a Black Barbie doll — an “act of revolution,” UCLA professor Patricia A. Turner says in the documentary.
Jun 20, 2024 · Company co-founder Ruth Handler would often visit Mitchell and other workers on the assembly line asking for suggestions, Mitchell says in the film, leading the two to develop a close friendship.
Jun 17, 2024 · At some point in the early 1960s, after the first Barbie was released in 1959, Mitchell encountered Barbie inventor Ruth Handler. Handler liked to periodically chat up people in the factories...
Jun 25, 2024 · It starts in the early 60s, when Davis's aunt told Barbie's creator Ruth Handler: "We want a Black Barbie." Later that decade, Mattel released two different Black dolls, but they had Eurocentric features and didn't carry the name Barbie, instead being marketed as Barbie's "babysitters" and "best friends".
1 day ago · Barbie, who remains unsure of her own identity, meets with the spirit of Ruth Handler, Mattel co-founder and creator of the Barbie doll, who explains that Barbie's story has no set ending and her ever-evolving history surpasses her roots.
Jun 25, 2024 · She encouraged Mattel founder Ruth Handler to create a Black Barbie in the early 1960s, an idea initially met with hesitation.
