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    The history of Barbie

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    Barbie was inspired‚ how she have changed over the years and the Barbie controversy. In 1959 Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler. The inspiration for Barbie came as Ruth watched her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls. Barbara and her friends used the paper dolls to play grownup make-believe‚ imagining roles as college students‚ and adults with careers. A quote by Ruth Handler in an article in Barbie collector called The Barbie Story: How a Fashion Icon Was Born approved by Mattel in 2013 states

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    Barbie. history

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    Barbie was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler. B. She was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. II. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for fifty years. A. She has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits‚ often involving parody of the doll and lifestyle. B. In recent years‚ Barbie has faced increasing competition from the Bratz range of dolls. BODY: I. History A. Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara

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    What toy has everything anyone could ever ask for? (Pause for 2 seconds) If you are thinking of Barbie‚ then you are correct. Barbie was my favorite toy as a child and it still is for many little girls today. Today‚ I am going to talk about how Barbie was designed‚ how she has changed over the years‚ and how Barbie affects American culture. Here is Barbie’s story. In 1930‚ a young girl fell in love with a boy. The girl had high hopes of going off to college to become a success woman with a

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    MATTEL Ruth Handler Innovating Mattel and Barbie & Sustaining Innovation Leadership in Mattel’s Toy World Management of Supply Chain Operations Table of Contents Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Critical Strategic Milestone …..……………………………………………………………………….. 3 Mattel Timeline ………..………………………………………………………………………. 4 Organization Wide Supply Chain Issues ………….…….………………………………………...... 5 Safety …………………….…………………………………………………..………………… 5 Security ……………….………………………………………………………………………

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    The new toy was created by Mattel Inc two of the cofounders were Ruth Handler and her husband. The name of the new toy was the Barbie doll. It was a toy eleven inches tall with blond hair. The barbie doll was the first toy in the United States to have adult features. Ruth Handler decided to create the toy after her daughter stopped playing with her baby dolls. She believed the new toy would allow girls to imagine the future

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    New York in February of 1959 according to “Barbie: The Early History” by Erica Wolf last updated in 2000. Ruth and Elliot Handler‚ the creators of Barbie‚ modeled her after the German doll known as “Lilli.” Ruth discovered Lilli while shopping in Switzerland and brought her home for her daughter to play with. This inspired Ruth to create an adult doll made specifically for little girls. Handler eventually had Jack Ryan‚ an executive of Mattel‚ purchase the rights for Lilli and make a deal with the

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    Humanities Final Paper

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    appeared during the Upper Paleolithic period. The exaggerated carvings of the body parts were how the artists of that time viewed women‚ fat and fertile. History often takes from the past to reinvent the future. Today’s society has the Barbie doll. Ruth Handler created it in 1959. Its long legs and slim figure has been worship by so many‚ that real women have undergone intense cosmetic surgeries to resemble the doll. Both figurines have gained notoriety based on the representation of women of their era

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    Overview of Mattel

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    are today Mattel simply started in a garage workshop in Southern California by entrepreneurs Ruth Handler‚ Elliot Handler‚ and Harold Matson. Harold Matson soon sold his share of the company and the Handlers took full control (Patten‚ 2008). Despite the fact that their success was gained by the manufacturing and distribution of toys‚ Mattel started out producing picture frames. It was when Elliot Handler started making dollhouse furniture from the scraps left over from the production of the picture

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    Barbie Doll

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    I: The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler‚ whom referred to herself as “Barbie’s Mom” A: Ruth (co-founder of Mattel) invented and anatomically improbable molded plastic statuette named Barbie. 1. Ruth was born November 4‚ 1916 in Colorado. 2. She lived 84 long years before kicking the bucket on April 27‚ 2002 in Los Angeles‚ CA. 3. Ruth was the first to invent‚ first to patent‚ the doll we call Barbie.

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    Barbie

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    com/od/bstartinventions/a/The-History-Of-Barbie-Dolls.htm 1.Barbie’s "real" measurements are 5 inches (bust)‚ 3 ¼ inches (waist)‚ 5 3/16 inches (hips) 2.Her weight is 7 ¼ ounces‚ and her height is 11.5 inches tall. 3.The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel)‚ whose own daughter was called Barbara. 4.Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. 5.The Ken doll was named after Ruth’s son and was introduced two years after Barbie in 1961.

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