Who invented Barbie doll?

The birth of Ruth Handler Barbie Ruth Handler is another classic example of the American Dream. Her parents immigrated from Poland to Denver, Colorado, in order to avoid military service. Her father is a blacksmith, and her mother is exhausted to raise ten children, but the hardships of life don't seem to have brought much harm to this big family. Ruth Handler wrote in her memoirs that as the youngest child, she didn't lack love when she was growing up. /kloc-at the age of 0/9, Ruth came to Hollywood alone. She didn't want to enter the film industry, but went there to study industrial design. She met Handler at school and soon married him. 1942, the couple founded martel Company in a garage. At that time, the main product was photo frames. Later, they added a business to design and manufacture furniture for children's playrooms. A few years later, the company began to make money, and its main business turned to producing toys. A good business environment enables Ruth Handler to travel to Europe. In Switzerland, she found a doll named "Blonde Lily" made in Germany (it is said that the prototype is a stripper). Her figure is impeccable, with all kinds of signs, and her dress is also "exposed", which seems to be specially designed to arouse boys' desires. Although a little shy, Ruth bought three "lilies" and brought them back to America. She said that she had been thinking about designing a "mature" doll for her children, but all the male colleagues in her company said that there would be no such demand: children like dolls just as children like dolls. But the temptation of "Lily" was so great that Ruth finally couldn't help but design her American version-Barbie. This doll is an "adult" with full breasts, but it is wrapped in beautiful clothes. The first batch of Barbie dolls were made in Japan and made their debut at the American Toy Fair in 1959. The name of the exhibition is "Barbie-a role model for girls". Barbie has achieved unexpected success, selling 350,000 Barbie dolls in the first year. Today, Barbie has sold more than 10 billion Barbie dolls all over the world. According to martel's statistics, an American girl of 1 1 may have 10 Barbie dolls, while a French girl of the same age has five. But millions of adult women also buy Barbie. "To them, no matter how old they are, she is more than just a doll," Ruth Handler said. "She has become a part of them." Barbie collectors are even more gender-neutral: a Barbie doll priced at $3 in 1959, if well preserved, may now be worth $5,000. Innocent forever? "A thousand beauties" is one of the reasons for Barbie's enduring. She can be a dancer, a policeman, a doctor and an astronaut. She can be chinese baby, an Indian doll, a black doll, anything except her ancestor Lily. Although Barbie has a charming figure, she has no other sexual characteristics except her plump breasts. Children with a little understanding often ask such a question: "Why doesn't Barbie have a navel?" At this time, mothers will say, "That's enough, son. If you ask me again, I'll put Barbie away. " In the face of feminist doubts, Ruth Handler said that her Barbie was a professional woman, not a vase with an empty heart. But Barbie seems to have too many occupations. At the age of 43, her marriage prospects are still bleak. She has a childhood boyfriend named Ken, who got the name from Ruth Handler's son. Barbie and Ken have been talking about love for many years. Who knows what Ken is thinking? Born in the innocent 1950s, Barbie may feel that she can't cope with such a big change, and Barbie's friends of all ages are equally confused.