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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975. [3]
Jul 21, 2023 · Ruth Handler revolutionized the toy industry when she invented a mainstream doll with the proportions of an adult female. Before Barbie came along, girls mostly played with baby dolls, an...
Aug 2, 2024 · Ruth Handler (November 4, 1916–April 27, 2002) was an American inventor who created the iconic Barbie doll in 1959 (the doll was named after Handler's daughter Barbara). Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City.
Mar 13, 2023 · The president of Mattel, Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll in 1959 — and later created an innovative prosthetic for breast cancer survivors. Vastly different from every other doll on the market at the time, Barbie looked like an adult woman and allowed girls to imagine a variety of possible futures for themselves.
Jul 14, 2023 · In the new Barbie film, the doll's creator Ruth Handler plays a crucial role. She spoke to the BBC in 1997, describing what her inspiration was – and how some men didn't like the idea of a...
Aug 5, 2023 · Ruth Handler was the ambitious career woman who created Barbie and changed America's toy industry. But a tax fraud scandal ultimately saw her forced out of the company she co-founded, Mattel.
Jul 21, 2023 · Perlman, best known as the sarcastic waitress Carla from Cheers, appears in the Greta Gerwig –directed film as Ruth Handler—a real-life legend in the toy business who helped turn Mattel into a...
Jul 26, 2023 · In 1936, Ruth, a 19-year-old college student, went on vacation to Los Angeles and, on impulse, scooped up a job at Paramount Studios. Once in LA, she never looked back and eventually persuaded her high school sweetheart, Elliot Handler, to move there with her.
May 17, 2018 · Ruth Handler was the mastermind behind the creation, marketing, and sales of the Barbie doll, first sold in 1959. Thirty years later, more than 800 million dolls in the Barbie family had been sold by Mattel, the company founded by Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot.
Ruth Handler holds a Barbie doll created for the 40th Anniversary party that was held in New York on 07 February 1999. Known as ‘Barbie’s mom’, businesswoman and inventor Ruth Marianna Handler (1916-2002) is best known for co-founding Mattel, Inc. and for inventing the Barbie doll.
