Barbie: An American Icon (Zoom)

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T(w)eens, General, Adults, Seniors
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In the 1950s children could only play with baby dolls.  There were no adult dolls.  Then Ruth Handler decided to invent a doll with adult features.  The doll named Barbie was a “Teen-age Fashion model.”  Barbie could be dressed in a variety of fashion outfits and she lived in a “Dreamhouse.” She had a boyfriend named Ken and drove a Corvette convertible. Barbie’s careers included doctor, astronaut, pilot and even a matador.  Learn how the world’s most loved doll came to be.

Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches American Business History at Bergen Community College and holds an MBA from Penn State University and a degree in History from Rutgers University.