This “is the remarkable true story of the world‘s most famous toy and the woman who created her. It is a fascinating account of how one visionary woman and her product changed an industry and sparked a lasting debate about women‘s roles.... #BarbieandRuth is a must read for anyone who ever owned a #Barbie doll—a book Publishers Weekly calls, ‘a stirring biography…a fine study of success and resilience‘.” #TBR | #Dolls - #ReadingResolutions
vkois88 OMG THAT MIDGE WAS MY FAVORITE DOLL UNTIL SOMEONE BROKE HER 😣😣😣 Sorry, had a moment. 6y
Eggs I still have my 1962 Barbie with the bubble cut hairdo 6y
Jess7 That 1989 midge doll was my favorite too @vkois88 !! I liked that her reddish brown hair was different than the other dolls. I found an image of her on google, apparently people are selling her on eBay. I like that the new barbies (image from google as well) come in different shapes and sizes and wider range of ethnicities! 💙💙💙 6y
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Jess7 That‘s awesome @Eggs !! If I still have any they would be boxed up in the basement of my parents‘ house, but I have a feeling my mom probably got rid of them. (edited) 6y
vkois88 I loved her not just bc of her hair, but midge had freckles and it was insanely hard to find any dolls with freckles... I wanted a doll that was different like me. 6y
Jess7 I forgot about her freckles, but I liked them too! I‘ve gone down a rabbit hole now looking at barbies from the 80s and early 90s. The outfits and big hair are awesome! 🤣 I remember having a Teresa doll (brown hair) and a Kimber (I think she was skipper‘s teen friend lol) @vkois88 (edited) 6y
vkois88 I never had a Kimber but I loved Skipper and Stacey. I was all about my barbies. Besides books, they were pretty much all I had. I have never been very social, even back then. We still have all my dolls, clothes, and my huge Little Tikes dollhouse. I'll be able to give them to Peanut when she's older. It's a super dangerous slope to look at old dolls! I find some occasionally that I either wanted or had and got broken. Must. Have. Willpower lol 6y
Eggs I share your love of Midge as well. She rocked with that hair and freckles and that straight-on look she had-unpretentious 😍 6y