Barbie: America's Most Famous Doll

Program Type:

History, In-Person, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, All Ages
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Program Description

Event Details

Join historian Leslie Goddard for this illustrated lecture, delving into the 60-year history of Barbie and her passionately creative and intensely competitive inventor, Ruth Handler. Learn how this analyzed, collected, criticized and beloved doll has impacted American culture.

This is a hybrid event. Choose to attend in-person or virtually.

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Accessibility

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Virtual Program Conduct Policy

The library's patron conduct policy applies to virtual library programs. Library staff has the right to remove participants from virtual programs who are in violation of the patron conduct policy.