J.M. April 27,2010 Period 1 Sound: Free Play Music, Big Top 30, May 7 th, 2010,

Lemelson-MIT Program, Ruth Handler, May 10, 2010, This is the inventor of the Barbie Doll, Ruth Handler, who invented it in 1959.

Invention: Barbie Doll The doll was invented in 1959 A doll from Germany, the “Lilli” doll was where Ruth Handler got the idea for the look. It was introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York City. The doll had it’s first bendable legs in The year of 1965 First year on the market, 351,00 dolls were sold at $3 each made Ruth Handler rich

Inventor: Ruth Handler Ruth got the idea from watching her daughter and her friends playing with paper or cardboard dolls Thought she should show girls what they could be when they were older Also, she invented Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, and got the name from her son Her daughter’s name was Barbara and that’s where she got Barbie from. Ruth also had breast cancer while going through all this hard work of making the dolls and she still did it