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The Creation of Barbie
The first Barbie doll was sold in 1959. The woman at Mattel who created it describes how it took years to convince her male colleagues that it would sell.
Picture: Ruth and Elliot Handler, creators of Barbie, courtesy of Mattel Inc
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