Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story
by By Ruth Handler with Jacqueline Shannon, reviewed by Julia DeKorte
In “Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story,” Ruth Handler, creator of Barbie, co-founder of Mattel, and founder of Nearly Me prosthetic breasts, along with author Jacqueline Shannon, tells her story: her early life in Colorado, the rise of Mattel, the legal mess Handler was wrongfully roped into, her devastating mastectomy and her... subsequent founding of Nearly Me. Handler provides an in-depth, deeply personal account of her life and incredible accomplishments as a businesswoman, wife, mother, and grandmother...[CLICK TO READ MORE]
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