Mattel’s Barbie was first introduced to the world in 1959 by Ruth Handler. Ruth came up with the idea of Barbie by watching her daughter and friends play with paper dolls that mimicked adults. She thought to herself that there were no teenage and adult dolls on the market, she then took her idea to husband Elliot Handler who was one of the co-founders of Mattel Toys. He was skeptical at the idea because there were lots of baby and toddler dolls on the market but there were no adult dolls. Even though everyone was skeptical about the idea she continued to pursue her vision for three years until Barbie’s debut in 1959. Barbie was the first mass produced toy doll to be produced in the United States with adult features. (“Barbie Makes her Debut”,
