Testimonies: My first Barbie 11 Articles

by E. Rae Fallesen

My first real Barbie (all my own, not a hand-me-down) came in the usual box, its plastic front reflecting the magical glow of Christmas tree lights. I was seven and my siblings and I were living with my depression-era gran...read more

by Sue Osgood

It was in the early sixties when I got my first Barbie; and my only, as Barbie had not yet accumulated family and friends beyond her paramour Ken. Move forward in time to the mid-eighties and my daughter's first Barbie, a...read more

by Barbara Bera

My father was an army officer who waited until he was well into his thirties to take on the responsibility of a wife. He chose a sweet, young bride of eighteen, a farmer's daughter no less, and they settled down to raise a...read more

by Ellen Porter

It was my fifth birthday. My brother's second birthday would be three days later. My mother had invited quite a few children from my preschool to sit with us in the screen patio to enjoy cake, ice cream and our opening of ...read more

by Murray L. Musser

In 1968, the world was full of political turmoil. Vietnam and segregation were the wars being fought on the front pages of our papers and our three television channels. My personal war was going on with my mother. She ha...read more

by Shawna Blake

I don't actually remember my first Barbie. With the amount of dolls that I owned, new or old, and the age that I actually began playing with them, there is no way I can remember my first. I don't even remember which one wa...read more

by Sheila-Ann Bender

1963. The year that Lee Harvey Oswald took the life of America's beloved president, JFK. Any living American that was old enough to comprehend anything can remember where they were and what they were doing the moment the...read more

by Emily Branwell

I was five. I had just started kindergarten and all my friends had Barbie Dolls. I did not. Of course a girl wants that which she does not have and so I began my campaign. I would ask for a Barbie at every feasible opportu...read more

by Mary Bubbins

Ah, my first Barbie doll. I don't believe i've touched on this one yet! I didn't even start playing with Barbie's untiol I was eleven, when I was introduced to a wonderful family who became such a strength for my mom and m...read more

by Chris Franck

The year 1962 was one of the most memorable I have ever had. Why? Because I got my FIRST and ONLY Barbie doll for Christmas that year. She had the "Jackie Kennedy" hairstyle and my mother bought her two other outfits, o...read more

by Kate Savage

She was blond, leggy with a perfect bust and body. Dressed to impress in a shiny blue dress and fur trimmed satin cloak, she was every little girl's dream doll. She came with her own brush, and a little blue hair dryer. E...read more