Editing Ruth Handler (section)

{{Short description|American business magnate and inventor (1916–2002)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ruth Handler
| image              = Ruth Handler 1961 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Handler in 1961
| birth_name         = Ruth Marianna Mosko
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1916|11|04}}
| birth_place        = [[Denver]], Colorado, U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2002|04|27|1916|11|04}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah|last=Kershaw |date=April 29, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/arts/ruth-handler-whose-barbie-gave-dolls-curves-dies-at-85.html |title=Ruth Handler, Whose Barbie Gave Dolls Curves, Dies at 85 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref>
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation         = President of [[Mattel]] (1945–1975)
| notable_works      = [[Barbie]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Elliot Handler]]|1938}}
| children           = 2, including [[Kenneth Handler|Kenneth]]
}}

'''Ruth Marianna Handler''' (née '''Mosko'''; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the [[Barbie doll]] in 1959<ref name="FWI" /> and being co-founder of toy manufacturer [[Mattel]] with her husband [[Elliot Handler|Elliot]], as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.<ref name="JWA" />

The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigated the company for falsifying financial documents.<ref name="JWA" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Castellitto |first=Linda M. |date=February 22, 2009 |title=Scandal tainted long career of Barbie's creator |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6934823&page=1 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

Handler was prominently characterized in the 2023 film ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]''.