Take a stop-motion journey with the young, single homeowner of the Dreamhouse. Ken isn’t on the deed.
Against all odds, Barbara Millicent Roberts bought her first home in 1962. Women were denied mortgage applications because of their sex or marital status at the time, but that didn’t stop her.
The house was modest: a yellow-walled ranch home made of cardboard. For Ms. Roberts — better known as Barbie — it was a dream, and it soon became a national craze. Today according to Mattel, the toymaker behind the iconic doll, a new Barbie Dreamhouse is sold every two minutes.
A doll in a puffy pink dress and blue eye makeup waves.