
On this day in history, March 9, 1959, Barbie makes fashionable world debut at New York Toy Fair
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Barbie, best-selling toy and fashion icon, made her global debut at the North American International Toy Fair in New York City on this day in history, March 9, 1959.
The experts were not impressed by the full-grown woman pitched as a doll for young girls. "I wanted to create a doll that showed girls … that they could be anything." — Mattel founder Ruth Handler Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
But the girls of America, and then the world, soon proved the experts wrong.
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