M.G. Lord, a Barbie biographer, once said she was designed “to teach women what ... since her birth. Her creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli, a prostitute ...

Even Barbie's birth, such as it was ... daughter and her friends were more interested in the paper dolls that resembled adult women than they were in the baby dolls popular at the time.

The makeup was no doubt applied because Barbie was meant to be older than traditional dolls marketed to preteens ... As an American woman (a child of the mid-’80s, I was weaned on Barbie ...

Anthony Barbie Doll as Newest Addition to Inspiring Women Series Tallchief was Osage ... prima ballerina," Paschen points out. "Her birth name was Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. When she was young ...

Even Barbie's birth, such as it was, sprung as a fully formed plastic woman, was a knock against traditional expectations: Her creator, Ruth Handler, noticed her daughter and her friends were more ...