What is Ruth Handler?
[[File:Ruth Handler 1961 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Ruth Marianna Handler''' (née '''Mosko'''; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American businesswoman and inventor. She helped invent the [[Barbie]] doll. She was also the co-founder of toy company [[Mattel]] with her husband [[Elliot Handler|Elliot]]. She was the company's first president from 1945 to 1975. The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigated the company for faking financial documents and for committing [[tax evasion]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castellitto |first=Linda M. |date=February 22, 2009 |title=Scandal tainted long career of Barbie's creator |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6934823&page=1 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Handler was born in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. She died from complications of [[colon cancer]] surgery at age 85 in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/arts/ruth-handler-whose-barbie-gave-dolls-curves-dies-at-85.html|title=Ruth Handler, Whose Barbie Gave Dolls Curves, Dies at 85|last=Kershaw|first=Sarah|date=2002-04-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Handler was played by [[Rhea Perlman]] in the 2023 movie ''[[Barbie (movie)|Barbie]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Paskin |first=Willa |title=Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Dream Job |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/magazine/greta-gerwig-barbie.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=July 11, 2023 |date=July 11, 2023 |url-access=limited |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711163054/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/magazine/greta-gerwig-barbie.html/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Handler, Ruth}} [[Category:Businesspeople from Denver]] [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2002 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Cate