Ruth Handler is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and serving as the first president of Mattel, a company she co-founded with her husband Elliot Handler, from 1945 to 1973.

It was then that Ruth Handler joined her husband as a co-owner of the business. It didn’t take long for Mattel to pivot ...

Ruth Handler is the American inventor who created Barbie in 1959, and co-founded Mattel with her husband Elliot Handler. As mentioned in the film, Barbie was named after Handler's daughter Barbara ...