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Ruth Handler
 
Date of birth: 04 November 1916
Date of death: 27 April 2002
Country Of Origin: America
Profession:

Businesswoman

Biography:
   Ruth Handler (November 4, 1916 - April 27, 2002) was an American businesswoman, the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc., and is remembered primarily for her role in marketing the Barbie doll.

Handler and his business partner, Harold "Matt" Matson, formed a small company to manufacture picture frames, calling it "Mattel" by combining their names ("Matt" + "El"liot). Later, they began using scraps from the manufacturing process to make dollhouse furniture. The furn .... (More...)
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" I did not think this doll could ever be this huge. "

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" I thought if only we could take this play pattern and three dimensionalize it, we would have something very special. "

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" I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful. "

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" I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price. "

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" It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit. "

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" It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing. "

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" Television speeded everything up. "

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" The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done. "

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" They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women. "

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" Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people. "

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" We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent. "

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" We were walking down the street in Lucerne and there was a doll... and adult doll with a woman's body... sitting on a rope swing. "

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