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Celebrate Barbie™ doll’s 65th anniversary! Barbie: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy is a beautiful, illustrated tribute to the beloved pop culture icon that has echoed the taste, style, and events of every decade she has experienced.
Barbie: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy offers every reader a visual memoir and official history of Barbie created in partnership with Mattel. A comprehensive guide to the world of Barbie, this book chronicles events of the Barbie story from the innovation by entrepreneurial pioneer Ruth Handler to over 200 dolls created to encourage young girls to dream big. Today, Barbie continues to be a symbol of female empowerment, and is breaking boundaries in diversity and inclusivity, as well as breaking records in the toy aisle and at the box office.
Barbie is more than a toy. Since the beginning, Barbie has served as a reflection of women in anything! Barbie: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy is the fully illustrated official history of Barbie. Readers of all ages can embark on a visual journey through the Barbie story told through photographs, interviews, and images of rare archive materials spanning the inception of the doll in 1959 to the record-breaking film in 2023, and beyond.
Barbie Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy
by Gerber, RobinFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2024-04-16
Publisher(s): Epic Ink
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Author Biography
Robin Gerber is a best-selling author and historian. She is the author of the bestseller Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (Penguin/Portfolio). Her most recent book is the first biography of the founder of Mattel, Ruth Handler: Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her. Her articles have appeared in USA Today, the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Prior to becoming an author, Robin practiced law in Washington, DC, and worked on Capitol Hill. She has studied and written about leadership development since 1975.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: INSPIRING FANS SINCE 1959
Chapter 2: BARBIE GOES TO MARKET
Chapter 3: BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Chapter 4: SHAPING BARBIE
Chapter 5: BARBIE LIFESTYLE
Chapter 6: FASHION AND ART
Chapter 7: GOING GLOBAL
Chapter 8: THE MAGIC OF BARBIE
Chapter 9: BARBIE MAKES HISTORY
Historic Timeline
Chapter 1: INSPIRING FANS SINCE 1959
Chapter 2: BARBIE GOES TO MARKET
Chapter 3: BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Chapter 4: SHAPING BARBIE
Chapter 5: BARBIE LIFESTYLE
Chapter 6: FASHION AND ART
Chapter 7: GOING GLOBAL
Chapter 8: THE MAGIC OF BARBIE
Chapter 9: BARBIE MAKES HISTORY
Historic Timeline
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