Mattel Launches ‘Women In Film’ Barbie Doll Collection

Mattel Launched “Women In Film” Barbie doll collection.

For 64 years, Barbie doll has been breaking glass ceilings—sometimes even surpassing career milestones before real women.

In 1965, for example, she became an astronaut, 13 years before NASA allowed women in its astronaut corps and 18 years before Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space.

Now, the most famous doll has helped a real woman hit an industry milestone: The blockbuster Barbie made Greta Gerwig the first woman to have a sole directing credit on a billion-dollar film.