Every year more Barbies are being sold than babies are born. Have you ever wondered who created the dolls that have their own shows, movies, and is a little child’s favorite toy? Ruth Handler did many impressive things throughout her lifetime. Ruth created Barbie, became the co-owner of her husband’s company “Mattel”, all while taking down breast cancer, which resulted in the creation of “Nearly Me.” One of Ruth Handlers biggest accomplishments was creating Barbie. Ruth had two kids, one girl named Barbara, and one boy named Kenneth, hence Barbie and Ken. Ruth watched her daughter and her friends play with paper dolls. The girls gave the paper dolls adult roles which inspired Ruth to create 3D dolls, that were more realistic to play with.