IWD 2022: six inspiring women who got their own Barbie dolls
Toy company Mattel’s Inspiring Women series of Barbie dolls pays tribute to incredible, heroic women who took courageous risks or excelled in various walks of life and helped to pave the way for the generations of women who came after them.
The doll modeled on the American journalist and civil rights campaigner honors her courage, activism and remarkable accomplishments, including her leading role in an anti-lynching crusade in the 1890s.
The writer and activist’s doll comes with a mini version of her award-winning 1969 autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
Born in Alabama, Keller was a prolific author and educator, despite losing her sight and hearing as a result of an illness when she was a toddler. Her doll is dressed in a style inspired by her time as a student and she carries a book with braille on its cover.
During her time as the longest-serving first lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945, Roosevelt advocated for women’s rights in America and abroad.
The American activist is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott in protest against segregated seating.
The American former world No. 1 tennis player, who won 39 Grand Slam titles. Naturally, the accessories included with her doll include a tennis racket and ball.
