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The Energy of the Week Is Manic
Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot Handler founded the toy company Mattel Inc. in 1945. Ruth was inspired by watching her own daughters play with paper dolls specifically of adult women or baby dolls, but not really have this doll that could like embody little girls imagining their future. Shavia: "It's always like when someone as an adult is passionate about toys, it is strange"