Overview
This is the entwined tale of two exceptional women. One was a voluptuous eleven-inch-tall beauty who debuted at the 1959 Toy Fair in New York City and quickly became the treasure of 9 out of 10 American girls and their counterparts in 150 countries. She went on to compete as an Olympic athlete, serve as an air force pilot, work as a boutique owner, run as a presidential candidate, and ignite a cultural firestorm. The other was Ruth Handler, the tenth child of Polish Jewish immigrants. A brilliant, creative, ruthless, and passionately competitive visionary, she was a mother and wife who wanted it all—a masterful entrepreneur who, together with her curvaceous plastic creation, changed American business and culture forever. Barbie and Ruth is the incredible, inspiring, tragic, and ultimately redeeming true story of how one extraordinary woman built the largest toy company in the world and created an enduring international icon.
Full Product Details
Author: Robin Gerber
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Harper Business
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.236kg
ISBN: 9780061341328
ISBN 10: 0061341320
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 February 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This stirring biography is a fine study of success and resilience. -- Publishers Weekly Gerber's smoothly-written biography paints a fearless business woman as a devoted wife, a too-busy mother and a rock-`em-sock-`em executive. -- New York Post Barbie and her creator, the sharp-elbowed gal who built the biggest toy company, have a story to tell. -- Time magazine
This stirring biography is a fine study of success and resilience. -- Publishers Weekly
""This stirring biography is a fine study of success and resilience."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Gerber's smoothly-written biography paints a fearless business woman as a devoted wife, a too-busy mother and a rock-'em-sock-'em executive."" -- New York Post ""Barbie and her creator, the sharp-elbowed gal who built the biggest toy company, have a story to tell."" -- Time magazine
Gerber's smoothly-written biography paints a fearless business woman as a devoted wife, a too-busy mother and a rock-'em-sock-'em executive. --New York Post
Author Information
Robin Gerber is the author of several books, including Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way, Katharine Graham, and the novel Eleanor vs. Ike. As a national commentator on women, leadership, and politics, her writing appears frequently in national newspapers, and she writes one of the most popular columns for Reader’s Digest, “You Be the Judge.” She lives in Bethesda, MD.
