Barbie History

1959 It all started when Ruth Handler noticed her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls and imagining them in grown-up roles. Ruth realized that dolls on the market at that time were all baby dolls, and that there was a need for a doll that would inspire little girls to think about what they wanted to be when they grew up. Thus the idea for Barbie, the teenage fashion model, was born. Ruth named the doll Barbie, after her daughter - and the rest is history. (Source: Internet)