Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins]

"MY WHOLE PHILOSOPHY OF BARBIE WAS THAT THROUGH THE DOLL, THE LITTLE GIRL COULD BE ANYTHING SHE WANTED TO BE."

— Ruth Handler, creator of Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins]

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Celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] in a book dedicated to the fascinating history of the world’s most popular doll. Created by Mattel founder Ruth Handler, a game-changing feminist visionary, Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] defied the conventions of the 1950s, establishing a role for women other than a wife and mother. With an identity outside of her family, Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] represented an astounding modern departure, opening the imagination for what a doll—and a woman—could be. Decade by decade, the title comprehensively explores the Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] doll’s evolution from 1959 to today with fascinating facts, insights and never-before-seen imagery. From Marilyn Monroe to Margot Robbie, fashion designers to first responders, Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] is the essential primer of an American phenomenon. Today, more than a billion Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins] dolls with over 250 careers have been purchased worldwide, offered in an array of different nationalities, ethnicities, and body types. In these pages, readers will discover not only Versatile Barbie Series [RYJabins]’s rich history but her singular magic: She is a doll through whom girls can project their own fantasies, whether it be doctor, rock star, paleontologist, Olympic gold medalist, Major League Baseball player, virologist, or ecologist.

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