Barbie: An American Icon with Rick Feingold

Jewish Programming in Wayne provided by Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.

In the 1950s, children could only play with baby dolls. There were no adult dolls. Then, Ruth Handler decided to invent a doll with adult features. The doll named Barbie was a “Teenage fashion model.” Barbie could be dressed in various fashion outfits and lived in a “Dreamhouse.” She had a boyfriend named Ken and drove a Corvette convertible. Barbie’s careers included doctor, astronaut, pilot, and even a matador.

Learn how the world’s most loved doll came to be. Barbie: An American Icon will be presented by Rick Feingold, lecturer in American Business History at Bergen Community College. He holds an MBA from Penn State University and a degree in History from Rutgers University.

RSVP: LindaS@jfnnj.org

This program is free and open to the community thanks to the generosity of Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.