From the archives: Barbie creator Ruth Handler on her life before and after the doll

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  @phoenixrising2268 · 3 years ago

  I met Ruth Handler on two separate occasions in the 1990's.  She was charming and affable  and generous with her time and we immediately struck up a kinship over Barbie.  I think she truly loved the connection she had to Barbie fans all over the world.  Her life was complicated and controversial - nevertheless she was the honorable force behind a true American icon.

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  @RealTalkWithRickyPaquiot · 3 years ago

  <b>Oh, so that&apos;s the creator of Barbie dolls! Ruth Handler looks so marvelous for her age back then!</b>

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• JA

  @JamesBrown-ij1px · 3 years ago

  My Mother had a mastectomy in her early 50&apos;s. Although she never had reconstructive surgery, she did wear the breast molds placed into a bra that Ruth Handler demonstrates here. I never knew that Handler helped to pioneer this for women. My Mom lived 30 more years (cancer free!) but since passed at age 80. On behalf of her, I thank you, Ruth Handler, for helping to ease the challenge of her breast cancer, surgery, and recovery to a life beyond cancer. 💝

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• MI

  @missmustache4207 · 3 years ago

  She is a woman’s haunted by the mistakes she made in life or the ways she wasn’t like other mothers and it keeps her from enjoying what she created. A true complicated story. I wonder if she hadn’t of come across such adversity as a women in business , how her story would of gone.

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• WU

  @wuilmarksalcedo2018 · 3 years ago

  Wow I can&apos;t believe I didn&apos;t see this before, such a great story, thank you Ruth Handler for creating such an iconic doll who is love by many people around the world. &nbsp;Your name will always be remembered in history.

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• GI

  @Gigiwalters · 3 years ago

  I had no idea the struggles Ruth went through, she is a true legend

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• RA

  @rainerpierre · 3 years ago

  I’m 42 and a half years old and an avid Barbie collector. I still have them in my collection. If I go to the thrift store and look for them.

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• GO

  @GO-oi6pc · 3 years ago

  The only toy I loved was Barbies… It helped my troubled childhood and it gave me a possibility of what it could be, a career woman

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• SH

  @ShellyBomb · 3 years ago

  I love how Ruth Handler was remembered and acknowledged in the 2023 💖 &quot;BARBIE&quot; 💖 movie; what a remarkable woman!

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• TD

  @tdbarton7712 · 3 years ago

  Such a fascinating story of a remarkable woman. &nbsp;I am many decades past my first Barbie, a hand-me-down from older sisters and never knew she was designed by this lovely lady.

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  @DenverEight · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s fascinating that the life of Barbie it&apos;s mother was one full of struggle and an attempt to stand in dignity with what they were and who the represented.

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• AN

  @angelab9819 · 3 years ago

  She is such an inspiration to women

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