Wheels and Matchbox cars‚ Masters of the Universe‚ Scrabble‚ Uno‚ American Girl dolls‚ board games‚ and‚ in the early 1980s‚ video game consoles. The company ’s name is derived from Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler‚ who founded the company in 1945. Handler ’s wife‚ Ruth Handler‚ later became president‚ and is credited with establishing the Barbie product line for the company in 1959. Mattel closed its last American factory‚ originally part of the Fisher-Price division‚ in 2002. By 2007‚ Mattel
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have owned an estimated 50 to 100 Barbie dolls in my life time. II. First Main Point: The origination of Barbie and her history. A. The moment Barbie was introduced to the world‚ an icon was born! 1. Origination: a) She was created by Ruth Handler b) According to “The Barbie Story” from Barbiecollector.com‚ she was watching her daughter play with paper dolls of grown up women‚ and imagining themselves in grown up roles. c) She did some research and found that there were plenty three dimensional
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Your Name April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll Who are they today? Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational‚ both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll‚ they seem to be related in
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everyone else and look their best. There has been many controversial issues about the impact of the Barbie doll. In 1945‚ Barbie was founded by Ruth and Elliot Handler of Mattel Creations. The idea of Barbie was inspired by Ruth’s daughter who grew up playing with paper dolls. After many years of trial and error‚ on the making of the perfect Barbie‚ Ruth finally introduced the first‚ ever made Barbie doll. Barbie had a thin waist‚ big bust‚ pretty hair‚ and often wore a lot of makeup. Some parents
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studying Barbie as a popular culture it became evident that Barbie has also exhibited such features. However‚ due to Barbie’s extensive popularity over both time and cultures‚ the social changes brought about by a simple toy‚ domestically created by Ruth Handler for her daughter Barbara (after whom the doll was named)‚ have reached such a magnitude that in order to properly evaluate Barbie’s contribution to such a process‚ it must be broken down into levels of local‚ national and global. At any level
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individual is forced to put that same stress on them self. It is said that Barbie promotes a healthy and non-sexist image for young girls‚ with careers possibilities such as astronaut or even a UNICEF ambassador (Barbie). Creator of the Barbie doll‚ Ruth Handler‚ once said‚ “My whole philosophy on Barbie was that through the doll‚ the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman had choices.”(Barbie) But if women have so many choices why are so many of
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Photo credit: Tenaflyviper Photo credit: Tenaflyviper Barbie changes a lot since it was first introduced in 1959 Tumblr user Tenaflyviper collected headshots of Barbies from every year since 1959 Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel‚ Inc. For 56 years‚ Barbie dolls have been part of many girls’ life; as a toy‚ an idol‚ a part of a collection. But did anyone notice how much Barbie has changed over the years? To show a clear picture of how the iconic doll evolved
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tall‚ with a waterfall of fair hair‚ Barbie was the first mass-produced sport doll in the United States with matured features. The feminine behind Barbie was Ruth Handler‚ who co-based Mattel‚ Inc. with her lord in 1945. After seeing her young daughter ignore her baby dolls to execute make-expect with papery dolls of adult females‚ Handler net there was an necessary niche in the bazaar for a pastime that allowed slight girls to scheme the future. Barbie’s appearance was modeled on a doll named Lilli
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George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6‚ 1895 in Baltimore‚ Maryland to parents George Sr. and Kate. George Jr. was one of eight children‚ although only he and his sister Mamie survived. George Jr.’s parents worked long hours‚ leaving little time to watch over him and his sister. The lack of parental guidance allowed George Jr. to become a bit unruly‚ often skipping school and causing trouble in the neighborhood. When George Jr. turned 7 years old‚ his parents realized he needed a stricter
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hundreds of pink boxes with the 11 and ¾ inch doll in them. I was instantly brought back to my childhood and the hours that I spent playing with this timeless toy. Amazement arose because the tradition of this toy has survived for so many years. Ruth Handler a co-founder of Mattel‚ invented Barbie in 1959‚ when she noticed her daughter playing with paper dolls imagining them to be different people who were working‚ swimming‚ and playing with friends. Barbie got her name from Handler’s daughter Barbara
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