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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.
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Ruth Handler, Mattel Inc. co-founder and inventor (Matt Campbell / AFP via Getty Images) Ruth Handler died at the age of 85 on April 27, 2002 due to complications from colon surgery.
If you’re one of many who go to a cool movie theater this weekend to catch a screening of “Barbie” (or perhaps, a double-header of “Barbenheimer”), you’ll almost certainly wonder about ...
Original – Ruth Handler in 1961. Inventor of Barbie, co-founder of Mattel and its president 1945–1974 Restoration by Adam Cuerden Reason Image was just recently uploaded to Commons. Image is of high-resolution with nice focus. Quality free image of an important person in toy history. Articles in which this image appears Barbie, Ruth Handler ...
This summer's 'Barbie' was created by Greta Gerwig, but Ruth Handler is the woman who started it all.
Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
Here’s what we know about Ruth Handler—and why her influence on the 'Barbie' film matters. ... 'Barbie,' or Ruth Handler’s Guide to Death Getty Images/Warner ... Ruth resigned from Mattel in ...