1980s
1981: MTV debuts and forever changes the music industry. In 1986, Barbie has her own band– Barbie and the Rockers (shown above)– and she rocks the ‘80s scene with big hair, big shoulder… View »
1970s
1972: Title IX of the Education Amendment is passed, prohibiting sex discrimination in education, athletics, drama, band or other extracurricular student activities, giving girls equal rights t… View »
1959-1960s
In 1959, Barbie Millicent Roberts from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin was introduced to a skeptical toy industry at the New York Toy Fair. A gallon of gas was 25 cents, the average annual… View »
“My whole philosophy of Barbie was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.”
- Ruth Handler (creator… View »