{"id":8898,"date":"2021-03-09T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:28:55","slug":"barbie-is-62-years-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/03\/09\/barbie-is-62-years-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbie is 62 years young"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today in 1959:&nbsp; &#8220;Barbie&#8221; first introduced by Mattel, Inc., making her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1959-barbie.jpg?resize=215%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8899\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1959-barbie.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=8899\" class=\"wp-image-8899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1959-barbie.jpg?w=215&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1959-barbie.jpg?resize=167%2C300&amp;ssl=1 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1959<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-barbie.jpg?resize=166%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8900\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-barbie.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=8900\" class=\"wp-image-8900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-barbie.jpg?w=166&amp;ssl=1 166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2021-barbie.jpg?resize=97%2C300&amp;ssl=1 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel, observed her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls for hours. This sparked Ruth&#8217;s vision to create a 3-D doll for girls to play out their dreams. Then, in 1959, the first Barbie doll-named after Ruth&#8217;s daughter-made its debut at New York Toy Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, Barbie was received with skepticism by the industry, but Ruth persevered. And now, over 62 years later, Barbie is a global icon inspiring girls everywhere to be anything. From her 180 careers to her fantasy roles and her countless fashions and accessories &#8211; Barbie has always offered girls choices and endless storytelling possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in 1959:&nbsp; &#8220;Barbie&#8221; first introduced by Mattel, Inc., making her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. 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