There are obviously BIG spoilers ahead for Barbie!
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Ruth Handler, who is depicted in Greta Gerwig's Barbie, not only co-created the iconic doll but also helped create prosthetics for women who undergo mastectomies.
There are obviously BIG spoilers ahead for Barbie!
"It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit," Ruth revealed.
Basically, by having Barbie's wardrobe be so important she could hold various jobs and have so many interests just based on the outfit a child put her in.
The indictment charges claimed that Ruth and the former executive VP of Mattel, "falsified internal business records concerning earnings and sales from 1971 through 1973." Ruth's troubles with the federal government are hinted at in Barbie.
The documentary reports that Ruth manufactured various orders by doing this and told people to lie.
Ruth pleaded no contest to the charges, was fined, and received a community service sentence.
At the time of Ruth's mastectomy, there were no great options for non-surgical alternatives for breast reconstruction. She worked with a prosthetic designer and in 1976 the Nearly Me liquid silicone prosthetics became available. Ruth's mastectomy is mentioned in Barbie when Ruth tells the Barbies the creator of Barbie doesn't look like Barbie.