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Handler, Ruth

LC control no.n 94067559
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Personal name headingHandler, Ruth
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Variant(s)Mosko, Ruth
See alsoFounder of: Mattel, Inc.
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Associated placeLos Angeles, Calif.
Birth date1916-11-04
Death date2002-04-27
Found inDream doll, c1994: CIP t.p. (Ruth Handler) publr. info. (co-founded Mattel, Inc. in 1944; creator of Barbie Doll)
N.Y. times, Apr. 29, 2002 (Ruth Handler; creator of Barbie Doll; b. Ruth Mosko, daughter of Polish immigrant who settled in Denver; founded Mattel in 1945 with husband; d. Saturday [Apr. 27] in Los Angeles, aged 85)
The history of corporate website, July 23, 2011: alphabetical company directory > Mattel (Company: Mattel Inc. Founders: Harold Matson, Elliot Handler, and Ruth Handler)
Barbie developer, 2016: ECIP t.p. (Ruth Handler) galley (b. November 4, 1916, in Denver, Colorado, Ruth Marianna Mosko)