From 'Barbie' to the long-time controversy over ... giving themselves what they needed at that age.” Providing Black girls ...

McBride-Irby created the So In Style (S.I.S) line of Black Barbie dolls in 2009, which were inspired by her own young ...

But when asked which doll is Barbie, the girls invariably point to a blonde ... day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a heavyset woman had ...

“As a Barbie doll designer for more than 10 years, I want African-American girls to know that dolls can represent their career aspirations, hobbies and ethnic backgrounds. Barbie inspired me to ...

A black version of Barbie will go on sale in the UK for the first time in almost 30 years, in a move that beauty experts have put down to the Michelle Obama effect. A new range of black and mixed-race ...

If you hear the name, you know exactly what it is. Barbie is one of Mattel’s most iconic toys and the world’s most popular ...

In the 1950s, the only dolls on the market were baby dolls, presuming that girls wanted to play ... Ruth kept pushing until the first Barbie, decked in a black-and-white swimsuit and heels ...

With only paper dolls and baby dolls to play with, girls could not imagine themselves ... To promote equal rights, Barbie received her first Black friend, Christie. Barbie became fully poseable ...