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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Handler recognized an opportunity to create a 3-D doll that could inspire young girls by being ... That day is also Barbie’s official birthday. Barbie wore a black-and-white zebra-striped ...