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The invention of the Barbie doll

Since its debut in 1959, a doll named Barbie has become an icon. Ruth Handler invented an American icon that functions as both a steady outlet for girls' dreams and an ever changing reflection of American society. This can be seen in the history of Barbie. The Barbie Doll started out as a human being! She was Barbara Handler, the daughter of Ruth and Elliot Handler. In the early 1950s, Handler saw that her young daughter, Barbara, and her girlfriends enjoyed playing with adult female dolls as much or more than with baby dolls. Handler sensed that it was just as important for girls to imagine what they themselves might grow up to become as it was for them to focus on what caring for children might be like. -Invention: Barbie® doll in 1959 -Definition: A small-scale anatomically improbable molded plastic figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything. Collectable doll. Inventor: Ruth Handler From the beginning, Barbie has also had her critics: has been that she reinforces sexism, representing a young woman with questionable intelligence and a near-impossible physique. In the end of the years '60' the Mattel invention the Ken, is the boyfriend of the Barbie.