Bessie Coleman
The Bessie Coleman celebrity doll portrays her as herself a civil aviator at around 30 years old. The Inspiring Women series Bessie Coleman doll was released by Mattel on January … Read more and photo exhibit
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Madam C J Walker
The Madam C J Walker celebrity doll portrays her at about 40 year old, around the time she started her hair care company, for the doll is holding a small … Read more and photo exhibit
Dr. Jane Goodall
The Dr. Jane Goodall celebrity doll depicts her as herself at 26 years old as she set off to Tanzania to study chimpanzees in 1960. Goodall is considered the world’s … Read more and photo exhibit
Ida B Wells
The Ida B. Wells celebrity doll depicts her in her late 20s as the editor and co-owner of the Memphis Free Speech newspaper. Mattel released the Black Label Barbie doll … Read more and photo exhibit
Florence Nightingale
The Florence Nightingale celebrity doll portrays her as herself an English nurse, statistician, health care reformer, and medical author. She is considered the founder of modern nursing from her work … Read more and photo exhibit
Frida Kahlo
The Frida Kahlo celebrity doll is a depiction of her in a stylized version of the traditional Mexican fashion she was known to wear. The Mattel Black Label Frida Kahlo … Read more and photo exhibit
Helen Keller
The Helen Keller celebrity doll portrays her as herself: an author, disability rights activist, and public speaker. The doll was released by Mattel on May 18, 2021 as part of … Read more and photo exhibit
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Eleanor Roosevelt celebrity doll portrays her as a youthful version of herself as First Lady of the United States and human rights activist. The doll was made by Mattel … Read more and photo exhibit
Susan B. Anthony
The Susan B. Anthony celebrity doll portrays her as a young social reformer and women’s rights activist. Mattel released this doll on October 1, 2020 in it’s Inspiring Women™ Series … Read more and photo exhibit
Maya Angelou
The Maya Angelou celebrity doll portrays her as her thirty year old self– a writer, poet, and civil rights activist. The doll was made by Mattel in 2020 and was … Read more and photo exhibit
Ella Fitzgerald
The Ella Fitzgerald celebrity doll depicts her as herself an American jazz singer in her late 20’s or early 30’s. Fitzgerald, the ‘Queen of Jazz’ has won fourteen Grammy Awards … Read more and photo exhibit
Billie Jean King
The Billie Jean King doll portrays her as herself a tennis professional at 29 when she completed against Bobbie Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. King is known as … Read more and photo exhibit