Ruth Handler

✶November 4, 1916

†April 27, 2002

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Ruth Marianna Handler was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.

American businesswoman

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Biography from the article Ruth Handler on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.