- In 2019, Barbie celebrates her 60th anniversary.
- Since her 1959 debut, Barbie has held over 200 jobs, including astronaut, equestrian, and computer programmer.
- She became an astronaut in 1965, four years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
- And in the '90s, she decided to run for president — before any other woman had been on the ballot.
This year, Barbie celebrates her 60th anniversary. Always a trailblazer, the classic doll has held over 200 careers since her 1959 debut, as Barbie co-founder Ruth Handler strove to inspire girls to pursue the jobs of their dreams.
From running for president to landing on the moon, here are 25 of Barbie's best jobs throughout the years.
Barbie held many jobs throughout the early '60s. The first was a fashion designer.
Ruth Handler first got the idea for Barbie when she observed her daughter playing with paper dolls. She set out to create a 3D version, and in 1959, the first Barbie was created (and named after Handler's daughter, Barbara).
In 1961, she put on her dancing shoes to become a ballerina.
"My whole philosophy of Barbie was that, through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices,"Handler said.
Later that same year, she got the travel bug and became a flight attendant.
Per Barbie Media, "Recognizing a gap in the market, which only offered baby dolls for girls to imagine themselves as caregivers, Ruth invented the fashion doll category with a three-dimensional doll that girls could use to imagine their future selves."
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