{"id":26690,"date":"2023-07-20T07:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T05:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=236265"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:11:37","slug":"how-barbie-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-barbie-changed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How Barbie changed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Robin Gerber explores what the changing image of the iconic doll can reveal about societal shifts since her creation in 1959 <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 20 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Barbie has been catapulted back into the cultural spotlight this week, thanks to a new movie. But, why is the iconic doll historically significant? Since her creation in 1959, Barbie has been about much more than high heels and hot pink hair accessories. Robin Gerber speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about Barbie\u2019s changing image and what it can reveal about societal shifts over the decades.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-236265-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/howbarbiechangedtheworld-8ba73b4.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/howbarbiechangedtheworld-8ba73b4.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/howbarbiechangedtheworld-8ba73b4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Robin Gerber is the author of <em>Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World\u2019s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her<\/em> (HarperBus, 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/barbie-and-ruth-the-story-of-the-world-s-most-famous-doll-and-the-woman-who-created-her-robin-gerber\/8938189&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Barbie-Ruth-Worlds-Famous-Created\/dp\/0061341320\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MOVWSN8VZM5&amp;keywords=Barbie+and+Ruth%3A+The+Story+of+the+World%E2%80%99s+Most+Famous+Doll+and+the+Woman+Who+Created+Her&amp;qid=1689331826&amp;sprefix=barbie+and+ruth+the+story+of+the+world+s+most+famous+doll+and+the+woman+who+created+her+%2Caps%2C213&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/barbie-and-ruth\/robin-gerber\/9780061341328&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Robin Gerber explores what the changing image of the iconic doll can reveal about societal shifts since her creation in 1959 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26691,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/07\/how-barbie-changed-the-world.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Robin Gerber explores what the changing image of the iconic doll can reveal about societal shifts since her creation in 1959","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}