𝑹𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑳𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑨𝑴𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑩𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑻 𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑩𝑰𝑬 Long before Ruth Handler created Barbie, she was a girl standing behind the counter of her family’s Denver deli, learning how people reveal themselves in the smallest choices. She carried that intuition with her as she and her husband began building Mattel from almost nothing. Years later, it was her daughter who brought that old instinct into focus. As Ruth watched her play with her dolls, she noticed a gap the