The artifact I chose to research was an old Barbie doll that my mom had. She received it as a gift in 1969 but I found out that this particular series of dolls came out in 1967. The Barbie came dressed in a pink two-piece bathing suit but a white wedding dress also came as an accessory. Barbie dolls were first manufactured by the Mattel company in 1959. It was one of the first anatomically correct dolls to be produced. These dolls were intended to be toys for young girls and remain very popular to this day.
These dolls made a pretty large domestic statement beca