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Happy Birthday Barbie – She Turns Fifty This Year!

February 13, 2009 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

America’s favorite plastic sweetheart turns fifty this year and she has never looked better!  According to the new book, Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber, there was much resistance to developing such a grown up doll.  Ruth Handler, a co-founder of Mattel along with her husband Elliot, wanted to create a sophisticated doll to replace […]

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