& Ken may be a fun toy to have‚ but are highly judged for not being reality. Today I will talk about Barbie & Ken’s history and their history as a couple. Barbie is a fashion doll who is manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel‚ Inc. Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. According to http://www.dolls4play.com/barbiehistory.html‚ last accessed December 16‚ 2013‚ Barbie was a tall‚ thin‚ blonde who was a inspirational
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themselves and others. She also teaches girls to think for themselves‚ be independent‚ and take charge of their own life‚ not waiting for a man to complete who they are. She also shows them the importance of physical fitness and staying healthy. Ruth Handler‚ Barbie’s creator is a woman of vision with big dreams. As a young girl after graduating High School she
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global sourcing‚ and declining sales. Mattel’s social responsibility imperative is discussed along with the company’s reactions to its challenges and its prospects for the future. Abstract It all started in a California garage workshop when Ruth and Elliot Handler and Matt Matson founded Mattel in 1945. The company started out making picture frames‚ but the founders soon recognized the profitability of the toy industry and switched their emphasis. Mattel became a publicly owned company in 1960‚ with
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Unit Four Mattel Case Study Analysis In 1944‚ the Mattel brand was founded by Ruth and Elliot Handler and Harold “Matt” Matson. They launched Mattel out of a garage workshop in Southern California. The first Mattel products were actually picture frames‚ but Elliot soon started using the scrap from the picture frames to create dollhouse furniture. Harold Matson eventually sold out to his partner‚ Ruth and Elliot Handler. The Handler’s‚ encouraged by the success of the doll furniture and turned the
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History: Mattel was founded in 1945 by Matt Matson and Elliot and Ruth Handler as a picture frame manufacturing company. The name Mattel was derived from a combination of the two names‚ Matt and Elliot. They operated out of a garage in Southern California. Handler then recognized an opportunity and began to manufacture dollhouse furniture with scrap material from the picture frame business. Matson quickly sold out to the Handlers who then changed the focus of the business to toys. In 1955
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level of violence‚ and the message the toy sends mentally. Without realizing it‚ the design of a toy is a way of creating emotional problems among children. First‚ let’s start off with Barbie. Barbie was invented in 1959 by a young lady named Ruth Handler. Barbie became one of the most distinguished dolls‚ due to her beauty and figure. Barbie was engineered with a very small waist‚ petite legs‚ and her weight was no more than 110 lbs. Once Barbie was released‚ every girl across the world wanted
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Bibliography: Barbie’s Success story (Case study) http://www.marlbe.com/ http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/4101.html http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2004/11/08/barbie-doll-creator-ruth-handler-to-be-featured-on-pbs-series.htm http://www.zimbio.com/Barbie+Collector/articles?error=Article+does+not+exist. http://www.ru.org/society/barbie-around-the-world.html
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There is a reason why the 1950s are so memorable : It is a decade where a huge amount of noteworthy and life-changing events happened. This is the decade that the King‚ Prince‚ and the future King of Pop were born. While Elvis Presley was singing “Can’t Help Falling in Love”‚ Marilyn Monroe was actually falling in love with Joe DiMaggio. The movie Grease is a great representation of life in the 1950s and the wild lifestyle they had. The 1950s was the most influential decade due to the developments
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The Barbie Doll was first patented in 1958 by a young woman from California named Ruth Handler. The Barbie doll is well know for her long legs‚ her tiny waist‚ blonde hair and blue eyes‚ and her huge chest. This “perfect” plastic body has had multiple positive and negative affects around the world for the past fifty years; Barbie was based off of a German prostitute comic strip character named Lili. She was meant to be a steady outlet for young girls dreams and an constant changing reflection of
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controversial and pivotal witness‚ David Greenglass‚ who testified against the Rosenberg’s. Transcripts also explain‚ Greenglass eventually confessed to being a spy recruited by Julius Rosenberg and agreed to testify against the couple at trial Moreover‚ Ruth Greenglass told investigators she had
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