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Barbie

Patented: History of Inventions

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What's the Good Goody Barby?

Barby existed long before women were allowed into the space programme. People liked barby because they could make her anything they wanted. She reflected a lot of things in the doll world that wasn't even happening in real life, like astronauth. The first major change that happened was in the early seventies. So not just the clothes, but the actual physical look of barby changed with with the women's movement in the 19 70s.

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