[DOC] [TLE] Barbie - Wikipedia [PAR] Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. 
and launched in March 1959. ... Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara 
play with paper dolls, and noticed .... Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent 
Roberts. .... In July 2010, Mattel released "Barbie Video Girl", a Barbie doll with a 
pinhole... [DOC] [TLE] Ruth Handler - Wikipedia [PAR] Children, Barbara Handler Kenneth Handler. Parent(s), Jacob Mosko Ida 
Rubenstein. Ruth Marianna Handler (ne Mosko; November 4, 1916  April 27, 
2002) was an American ... (Learn how and when to remove these template 
messages) ... Handler noticed that in such play, children would act out future 
events, rather than... [DOC] [TLE] Elliot Handler - Wikipedia [PAR] Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916  July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, 
businessman, and ... They later married and had two children: a daughter, 
Barbara who is the ... when Barbara Handler married Allan Segal, they came out 
with Allan, Ken's buddy. The 1965 talking doll Baby Cheryl was named after the 
Handler's first... [DOC] [TLE] History of Barbie Doll and Inventor Ruth Handler [PAR] The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel), 
whose own daughter was called Barbara. Barbie ... The full name of the first doll 
was Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie's job ... In 1967, a 
Twist 'N Turn Barbie was released that had a moveable body that twisted at the 
waist. [DOC] [TLE] Barbie: The Early History [PAR] In February of 1959, Barbie was first introduced at the American International Toy 
Fair in ... Following these improvements, Ryan modified the doll's joints. ... model 
in a black and white striped swimsuit that came with sunglasses, high-heeled 
shoes, ... Barbara (who Barbie is named after), playing with paper dolls, Handler
... [DOC] [TLE] Barbie makes her debut - Mar 09, 1959 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair 
... and made its own version, which Handler named after her daughter, Barbara. 
... Midge, came out in 1963; her little sister, Skipper, debuted the following year. [DOC] [TLE] Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic! The Evolution of the Barbie Doll | History ... [PAR] Surprisingly these dollhouse furniture items turned out to be a success, so the 
group of ... Out of this came their first product, the Uke-A-Doodle, which created a 
solid ... It was in the year 1959 when Ruth Handler came up with the idea for the 
Barbie doll. ... Hence the Barbie doll, named after Ruth's own daughter, was born. [DOC] [TLE] Barbie: History of a Living Doll - Rewind The Fifties [PAR] ... Barbie was named for a real young lady from California named Barbara 
Handler? ... These adult dolls weren't three-dimensional, they were all made out 
of ... Today, Barbie has come a long way from that fashion doll who debuted in 
1959. ... doll was named for Ruth and Elliot Handler's son; At first, Barbie was a 
teenaged... [DOC] [TLE] The History of the Barbie Doll | Gemr [PAR] Nov 11, 2015 ... Debuting in 1959, Barbie immediately became a cultural phenomenon. ... These 
facts make it all the more surprising that the first Barbie doll wasn't actually 
called Barbie. ... The name was derived from Handler's daughter Barbara, whose 
... Barbie was released in an era when children were just starting to... [DOC] [TLE] Inventing Barbie [PAR] Ruth originally thought of the idea while her daughter, Barbara, was playing with 
paper dolls. ... Handler wanted to create a stunning wardrobe from which each 
child could ... For these first-generation Barbie owners, she "taught 
independence. ... Barbie and Ken's ensembles were named for recreational 
activities and for the... [DOC] [TLE] Barbie as popular as ever after 50 years - Tuscaloosa

Question: The first of these came out in 1959 & was named for Barbara Handler
Answer: the Barbie doll