![]() ![]() Some Barbie shows, books, and movies have mentioned and featured Barbie's Wisconsin upbringing, but accounts of her childhood differ frequently.Willows, Wisconsin is "known" for its abundance of willow trees and was started by the "Founding Fathers Of Willows" who hid treasure somewhere in the town.I can also tell you that Willowis the name of a legit small town in Richmond County Wisconsin, so maybe that is where some of the inspiration came from too?ĭuring my quest to find out more about Barbie's Wisconsin past, I did come across this article from Milwaukee Record that provides some interesting insight into Barbie's fictional hometown. Honestly, I couldn't find a concrete reason why Wisconsin was chosen as Barbie's home state, so I can only assume it was Handler's way of bringing some good-hometown-country-girl feel to the doll's backstory. Let's start by saying Ruth Handler was NOT from Wisconsin, she was actually born in Denver, Colorado, and moved to Los Angeles after she got married. ![]() Why did Ruth Handler choose Willows, Wisconsin as her doll's hometown? Was Ruth herself from Wisconsin? She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school.Īfter discovering that little Barbie factoid, I needed to know the reason behind it. ![]() In all my years of playing with Barbies, and now watching her movies and TV shows with my daughters, not once do I remember hearing anything about Barbie being from Wisconsin, but the proof is in black and white on ![]() Barbie Doll technically debuted at a toy fair in New York City in 1959 and was created by a woman named Ruth Handler, who was one of the co-founders of Mattel, but in Barbie's fictional world, she is from Wisconsin. ![]()
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