Barbie debuts doll in likeness of UK COVID-19 vaccine developer
Al Jazeera
Sarah Gilbert figure among several new Barbie dolls that aim to inspire children.
British coronavirus vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert has many science accolades to her name but now shares an honour with Beyonce, Marilyn Monroe and Eleanor Roosevelt: a Barbie doll in her likeness. Gilbert, a 59-year-old professor at Oxford University and co-developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in the COVID-19 fight who have new Barbies modelled after them. Toymaker Mattel Inc is recognising them with a line of Barbie “role model” dolls.
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