Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916-11-04
- Died
- 2002-04-27
- Works
- 2
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Denver, Colorado, USA
Ruth Handler (November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American businesswoman and inventor. Best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959.
Known for
- Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie — Self2018
- Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour — Self1998
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 22
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 22,393x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 13,839x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ruth Marianna Mosko , ( 1916-11-04 ) November 4, 1916, Denver , Colorado, U.S.
- Died
- April 27, 2002 (2002-04-27) (aged 85) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- President of Mattel (1945–1975)
- Notable work
- Barbie
- Spouse
- Elliot Handler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 )
- Children
- 2, including Kenneth
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 4 November 1916
- Died
- 27 April 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denver
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Elliot Handler
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the company for falsifying financial documents.
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