The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn’t be done.

I wasn’t a financial pro, and I paid the price.

It’s the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.

The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done.

I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

Television speeded everything up.

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.