2006-09-10 17:08:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Toys
Barbie's creator Ruth Handler named the doll after her daughter Barbara. It made its debut at the New York International American Toy Fair on March 9, 1959, which is widely celebrated as Barbie's birthday. Handler fashioned Barbie after she noticed that her daughter quite enjoyed playing with adult-looking dolls rather than then-prevalent models of dolls made to resemble infants. Her husband Elliot Handler was the co-founder of the Mattel toy company.
2006-09-10 17:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Barbie's creator Ruth Handler named the doll after her daughter Barbara
2006-09-11 03:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by lj_23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although Ruth Handler claims she got the idea after she noticed that her daughter Barbara enjoying playing with adult paper dolls and dressing them in the fashions of the day, it always happens that she had made a trip to Germany and saw the success of the German Bild-Lili doll who looks very much like the first Barbie doll.
2006-09-13 12:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by cltd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ruth Handler's daughter Barbara.
2006-09-11 03:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sindhie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The designers daughter....
2006-09-11 00:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I think it was the designer's daughters name....
2006-09-11 00:13:54 · answer #6 · answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it was the designers daughters name.
2006-09-11 01:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by sleejo18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
designer's daughter?
2006-09-11 00:10:00 · answer #8 · answered by sweets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋