Week 3
I am very happy that I have found a topic for my culture site project. Ruth Handler inventor of Barbie. I cannot wait to research more about her and how she accomplished so much as a woman. This weeks work with the blog was significantly easier than last weeks. At least I know that I can manage to write blogs, its just settings for the blog that I have a little trouble with.
Ruth Handler – Inventor of Barbie
Ruth Handler was born on November 4, 1916 to Polish immigrants who settled in Denver. When she was 19 she headed to Hollywood and took a course in industrial design. She married Elliot Handler in 1938 and they had two children Barbara and Kenneth. Ruth’s husband and business partner Harold Matson formed a company by the name of Mattel that manufactured picture frames. Shortly after Ruth convinced them to sell doll house furniture and then toys, including a popular children’s guitar.
After some time Ruth managed to design an adult doll for children called Barbie, named after her daughter. There was some apprehension on Mattel’s part of whether or not an adult doll for children would be successful. Barbie debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York in 1959 and was an instant success. 350,000 were sold in the first year.
Ruth later became the president of Mattel, Inc in 1967 and later invented again. This time after a mastectomy she invented a prosthetic breast called “Nearly Me”. Ruth Handler died on April 27, 2002, therefore interviewing her would be out of the question, although it would have been a great learning experience too.
Week 2 Blog Setup
This weeks blog assignment was a bit more difficult than last weeks for me. I do believe that I finally have all aspects of this weeks assignment complete, I hope. I am also hoping that the most difficult part is over and that it will be easier for me to use this site in the coming weeks.
Art Project
I am usually not the best with art. I will certainly try to do something creative though. The hardest part for me is always coming up with the initial idea for the project, not doing the actual project.
Financial Analysis Project
This project sounds like fun. I am excited to see what my wildest dreams are and whether or not I would ever be able to afford them.
Teach Project
I am a little worried about this project. I don’t think that I am very good at teaching, but I will certainly try.
Culture Site
I do not know what my topic is going to be for this project yet, nonetheless I am looking forward to doing it. It will certainly challenge me and be a new experience for me as well.
Blog Setup
So far everything is going well with the blog process. I have never written a blog before so this is a new and interesting experience for me. I look forward to learning what blogging is all about.
