Barbie and Ruth, the story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her, Robin Gerber
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Barbie and Ruth, the story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her, Robin Gerber
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-266) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Barbie and Ruth
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bibliography
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232977462
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Robin Gerber
Sub title
the story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her
Summary
The tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman, Ruth Handler, built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon
Table Of Contents
The doll nobody wanted -- The tenth child -- Love at a nickel a dance -- Ruth and Elliot and Matt -- A working mother -- Uke-a-doodles -- Music makers and sour notes -- Gambling everything on Mickey Mouse -- The woman and the doll -- Soaring in the sixties -- Toys, money, and power -- Hot wheels and hot deals -- The cancer within -- The plot unravels -- Nearly me -- The wages of fraud -- Forced service -- Ken and a time of plague -- Her way
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