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On November 4, 1916, Ruth Handler, creator of the Barbie doll, was born. She was the youngest of 10 children born to Polish immigrants – her father was a blacksmith – in Denver, Colorado. Ruth Mosko married her high-school boyfriend, Izzy Handler, and the two settled in Los Angeles, where Izzy, who began to go by his middle name, Elliot, worked in lighting and plastic design, and Ruth worked at...
