Handler, Ruth Mosko

Handler, Ruth Mosko
▪ 2003

      American entrepreneur and businesswoman (b. Nov. 4, 1916, Denver, Colo.—d. April 27, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif.), was a cofounder of Mattel and created the Barbie doll, which in 1959 became the first mass-produced toy doll in the U.S. with adult features. Barbie, joined by several family members and friends and appearing in numerous career versions, soon was helping the company earn $100 million a year but later also became an object of controversy because of the unrealistic body image she was seen to promote. In the late 1970s Handler founded the Ruthton Corp. to manufacture the Nearly Me prosthetic breasts for women who had had mastectomies, and she ran that company until 1991, when she sold it to Kimberly-Clark.

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