Comments on Reading to Know: Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Fa...

If you ever want the original Barbie's autogra...

2009-06-11T12:06:50.484-07:00

If you ever want the original Barbie's autograph just ask!
~Barbie

What a sad story.

2009-06-08T14:44:22.944-07:00

What a sad story.

Fascinating review. I used to play with my mom'...

2009-06-06T10:40:52.969-07:00

Fascinating review. I used to play with my mom's barbies...they had interchangeable wigs which I thought was kind of funny and the most stylish 50's clothes. I never knew there was a woman behind barbie, I just thought it was a toy company. Umm, did you say toast and cream of mushroom soup? Disgusting. I'll keep an eye out for this one at my library and tell my mom about it.

Very interesting but not at all surprising to me, ...

2009-06-05T12:18:18.060-07:00

Very interesting but not at all surprising to me, unfortunately.

I did play with Barbies a little bit as a child, but I think I always preferred books, adult company, or playing outside to dolls. : )

Haha, this sounds like an interesting read.

2009-06-05T10:50:20.643-07:00

Haha, this sounds like an interesting read.

Wow! I've never taken issue with Barbie but h...

2009-06-05T10:13:32.011-07:00

Wow! I've never taken issue with Barbie but hearing of the sad life of her creator doesn't endear her to me. Just another example of people abandoning what is truly valuable (family) to pursue what is empty (wealth & power). So sad.

The book sounds interesting, but it definitely doe...

2009-06-05T09:43:53.583-07:00

The book sounds interesting, but it definitely doesn't sound like it would alter my negative opinion of the Barbie doll.

I was about 4 when Barbies first came out, and my ...

2009-06-05T09:30:14.169-07:00

I was about 4 when Barbies first came out, and my family nickname was Barbie. I never thought to ask my mom if that was my nickname before the doll came out or after. But Because of that I always had a soft spot in my heart for Barbie. I wish I had kept my first one, too -- I had the one in the zebra-striped swimsuit. I used to keep every little thing, though, and in a desire to curb that I gave my Barbies to my four younger sisters. I imagine there is not a shred of them left, but if there is, it's somewhere in my mom's attic.

That's a terribly sad story, though, about Ruth. How ironic to make a popular toy for girls and then neglect her own girl.

Hmmm...interesting. My Mother and her 3 sisters a...

2009-06-05T07:53:55.097-07:00

Hmmm...interesting. My Mother and her 3 sisters all had the Original Barbie doll...I know they wish they'd kept them.

Sounds like Ruth's life was very sad. Lessons for us all to learn.