March 2024: Women's History - Barbie

 


Women’s History Month is a celebration of American women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. It has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987.

Women’s History Month seeks to celebrate women’s achievements and promote women’s equality.  From Abigail Adams to Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth to Rosa Parks, the timeline of women’s history milestones stretches back to the founding of the United States.

BARBIE

Barbie may be a doll, but in 2023 she became much more. On the strength of Greta Gerwig’s Warner Bros. movie, Barbie expanded beyond a symbol of female empowerment to become an avatar for the necessity of fighting to recapture power that’s been taken away.

She’s inspired girls and their mothers for generations, but this was the year women needed her most. And she came through. Nearly 65 years into her “life,” the 11.5-inch Barbie stands at the height of her influence.


Special FREE BARBIE THEMED Events at American Corner Trieste



Mar. 7, 6 pm - Conference: The Barbie Effect. Speaker: Karoline Steckley



Mar. 15, 10 am & 6 pm - Film: BARBIE in English with English subtitles.  


WIN A SPECIAL BARBIE! (Astronaut Cristoferetti, Violinist, Pediatrician, Volleyball Player, Dream Big). Put your name in our Barbie Box.


VIEW THE BARBIE DISPLAY - New and Vintage Barbies and the You Can be Anything Wall.  

WIN A COLLECTOR BARBIE! 
(Astronaut Cristoferetti, Pediatrician, Violinist, Volleyball Player, Dream Big Barbie).





View our BARBIE WALL - INSPIRING WOMEN.  You can be anything.




VIEW OUR BARBIE DISPLAY  of  NEW COLLECTOR BARBIES and VINTAGE BARBIES



LINKS:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cultural-history-barbie-180982115/

https://www.history.com/news/barbie-through-the-ages

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2023/12/05/why-barbie-made-forbes-2023-power-women-list/?sh=75d6d116724a

Bebe Vio Barbie - Dream Gap - https://www.donnamoderna.com/news/bebe-vio-diventa-una-barbie-per-colmare-il-dream-gap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie

https://corporate.mattel.com/history

SHEROS

Barbie Vlog - Barbie interviews Samantha Cristoferetti on the ESA.