inventor
Ruth Handlar
Barbara

Age: 15From: Richmond,

My name is Evan Taylor, I researched Ruth Handlar.
Ruth invented the Barbie March 9,1959. Ruth’s daughter played with paper dolls and that is what gave her the idea to make the Barbie doll. At the American International Toy fair in New York on March 9, 1959,

Ruth Handlar discovered Mattel Company and sold the first Barbie for 3.00$ it was made of hard plastic and it measured 11.5 inches high. The first Barbie was made with a ponytail, black and white zebra bathing suit and four holes in the bottom of the feet for the foot stand.





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Ruth Handler, Whose Barbie Gave Dolls Curves, Dies at 85Biography Ruth Handlar

My Message to the World

Question

1. What did Ruth Handler invent?
2. What did she make the Barbie out of?
3. Where did she make the first barbie?
4. Where was Barbie from?
5. When is Barbie’s birthday?
6. When did it become famous?
7. Why is Barbie so popular?
8. Why was the first Barbie made?
9. Who sold the first Barbie?
10.Who are some of Barbie’s friends
11.How tall is Barbie?
12.How was Barbie made?

Answer

1. She invented The Barbie.
2. It was made with hard plastic
3. At the amercan Internatonal Toy
Fair in new York onmarch 9 1959
4. Barbie was from willow Wisconsin.
5. Barbie’s birthday is March 9, 1959.
6. Barbie became famous in 1959.
7. You can dress her up in all kinds of ways
8. They made it for her daughter Barbara because she liked grown up dolls.
9. Mattel sold the first Barbie.
10. Midge, Skipper,
Christie, Baby sister Kelly and share a smile Becky
11. Barbie is 11.5 inches tall.
12. Barbie is made with a ponytail, black and white zebra bathing suit and four holes in the bottom of the feet for the foot stand.

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