Ruth Handler

publicized purpose. It would remove all legal distinctions between sexes, end social security benefits for spouses, eliminate child support, and invalidate legal privacy protections. In addition to those violations, according to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the ERA would affect, alter, or eliminate over 800 federal laws (Valente). Self-proclaimed feminists say that this is their saving grace, that the ERA is the solution to preventing workplace discrimination. These people…

doll in a similar way that those described the Aryan race, from this we can infer that her blonde-haired, blue-eyed appearance was just that. Therefore Barbies appearance can easily be perceived as one that has racist intentions or connotations. Ruth handler, however, was actually well known as somebody who hired people based on their skill set rather than their background, from which we can assume it was not her intention to recreate a doll that…

founded in 1945, 71 years ago. The headquarters of the company are located in El Segundo, California. The company was founded by Harold Matson, Elliot Handler, and Ruth Handler. Harold Matson and Elliot Handler were the original founders, and Harold sold his share to Elliot because of poor health. Ruth Handler took over Harold’s roles. Elliot and Ruth Handler were married and developed other toys such as Barbie, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers, and Hot Wheels. Mattel Creations is responsible for…

always represented the fact that a woman has choices " (Ruth Handler “Creator of Barbie,”barbie.com) Barbie comes from a long line of different ages, genders, careers, and hair and skin tones. When talked about Barbie, many picture long legs, long blonde hair, blue eyes, unrealistic waist, and a whole lot of spunk, but not much variation. For over 50 years Mattel never really saw the need for change in barbie's shape. In the past Ruth Handler has said that her creation was inspired by a German…

“Barbie Doll”, by Marge Piercy was published in 1971. The date is significant to many women. The American Feminist Movement began in the 1960’s but was still going on in the 1970’s. “Women were finally beginning to stand up for what they believe in” (Piatek). This is important because Marge decided to stand up for what she believes in with the use of a powerful poem. The poem contains both historical and societal context. This poem gives a women’s perspective on how they are treated because of…

some women to go to extremes to look like her. Barbie is so popular she is collected and has had lawsuits over her. The world’s famous Barbie dolls were created by Ruth Handler. She got the idea of Barbie from her two children playing with paper dolls, fantasizing different occupations for the dolls. On a trip to Europe in 1956, Handler bought three adult-figured dolls named Bild Lilli. They were exactly the type of dolls she had in mind and she brought them back to the Mattel…

All Barbie Dolls should be banned Ruth Handler came up with a clever business idea to create a doll called ‘Barbie’ which was first manufactured by the American toy-company ‘Mattel, Inc.’ and launched in March 1959. For over fifty years, the Barbie Doll has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market. Criticisms of Barbie are often centred on concerns that children consider Barbie a role model and will attempt to emulate her. That is why so many people, including me, share the same…

Every single person in the American culture had seen a barbie. The barbie’s just a simple toy. Well started just as a simple toy and it grew and grew. The barbie’s a doll. It 's created to represent young adults girls or teenagers. The body is shaped way different than an ordinary “doll.” This type of doll has a skinny body, shaped body, and very catalyst. Barbie’s debut as the “teenage fashion model” mirrored the sophisticated glamour of 1950s stars like Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, and…

Mattel was founded in 1945 by Elliott and Ruth Handler. Mattel started out as a picture framed business but grew into the world’s largest toy manufacturer. The toys made by Mattel were distributed throughout 150 different countries worldwide. The enormous demand caused Mattel to seek manufacturing options in China to keep up. The company was running strong until about 2007 when their toys were found to have lead in them due to cheap paint used in the manufacturing process in China. This caused a…

were leftovers from making picture frames. They might be good for fireplace kindling wood, but most people would be tossing them in a trash pile. Not so Elliot Handler. He had been making picture frames with his business partner Harold Matson in a garage workshop. And as the scraps began stacking up in their business, Handler and his wife, Ruth, found a use for them in the making of furniture for dollhouses. That product moved them into the toy business that most of you will recognize by the…