Barbie It all started in the 1950’s when Ruth Handler saw her daughter, Barbara, and her friends playing on the floor with paper dolls. They enjoyed imagining the dolls being different people, who were working, swimming, playing with friends, being and doing grown up things. Ruth, who owned the company Mattel with her husband, understood that pretending how the future would be was part of growing up for kids. She did some research and found …showed first 75 words of 721 total…

…showed last 75 words of 721 total…for her every year. After stamp collecting, Barbie collecting is the most popular hobby in America. The best selling Barbie is the totally hair Barbie, and yes I do own her. Barbie has more than one billion pairs of shoes and she has had a total of 500 makeovers. Barbie is now sold in more than 140 countries around the world. Barbie isn’t just any doll, she happens to be the most famous of them all.