# Life in Plastic: Exploring Barbie’s Enduring Popularity

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/life-in-plastic-exploring-barbies-enduring-popularity-2/
- Published: 2023-08-13T09:00:52-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Article by Alexis Nikolia Buncich. Worth – July 18, 2023. In 1959, mother and co-founder of Mattel toy manufacturer, Ruth Handler, created a doll that would redefine play for generations of children to come: an unrealistically proportioned, outrageously beautiful, impossibly accomplished woman who would come to be known by the mononym Barbie. Handler’s family was closely tied in with […] Click here to view original web page at www.worth.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio