Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sarah Palin, Vasectomy, The Gong Show
8 Apr 2016
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American businesswomen ruth handler is created with the creation of the doll after coming across a german doll as an inspiration. Lilly doll was based on a sex doll-a blonde bombshell-working girl-not above using men to get what she wants. Ruth noticed the other side of the lilly doll as well-children were enjoying playing and dressing this doll. She took a couple of samples to show that there was a market for this type of doll she wanted to create. Handler reworked the design with her engineers after returning from her trip in. 1559-this date is barbie"s birthday-created by mattel inc. First barbie dolls were manufactured in japan and clothes were sewn in japan as well. First year of production, barbie was a hit and now it is a billion dollar industry. Ken was made 2 years after barbie in 1961.
