As soon as she spotted it, Grace Caroline told Newsweek that she "immediately recognized the significance of this Barbie" and ...

Before Barbie's official debut in 1959, most young girls were given baby dolls as toys, meaning that they often found ...

Barbie is honoring women in music with two new dolls representing two important roles: musical artist and tour manager.. The doll brand teamed up with Grammy award-winning singer Alicia Keys, her ...

A California woman calls herself a "plus-sized" Barbie. She said she's accepted her larger body size and is full of confidence, just as the popular toy doll is, she said.

Either apparently wholesome mom Barbara Handler named the doll for her daughter, or sex-obsessed missile designer Jack Ryan used his “ideal woman” as a model.

As the Barbie doll’s popularity boomed in the 1960s, her name did, too. Some real-life Barbies have embraced the name – and have fond memories of their Barbie dolls – while some Barbaras ...

Mattel released eight new one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls for International Women's Day, honoring female friendship. The dolls are modeled after gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, disability ...

Ann's mother knitted a sweater for her Barbie doll with an "R" on it to represent her brother's high school Ann Batchelder. I was 11 years old by then and starting to understand that women were ...

Author, teacher, and activist Maya Angelou was honored with a doll for Barbie’s Inspiring Women series in 2021. Diana Ross. Photo: Getty Images Chesnot / Contributor.

In 1968, Mattel expanded the catalog to feature dolls representing women of color, such as one named Christie, the first black Barbie doll. Eventually, in 1980, they introduced the world to black ...

A Woman's Parents Gift Her a One-of-a-Kind Barbie for Her Birthday, and 1 Detail About the Surprise Completely Moves Her to Tears TikTok creator Berenice Castro, who posts under the name Benulus ...

Barbie – which in the doll's case, is short for Barbara Millicent Roberts – was already a nickname for Barbara long before Mattel's version hit the shelves, and a name some parents gave their ...