{"id":21035,"date":"2022-01-27T20:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=21035"},"modified":"2022-01-27T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:15:01","slug":"barbie-to-release-doll-honoring-trailblazing-journalist-and-activist-ida-b-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2022\/01\/27\/barbie-to-release-doll-honoring-trailblazing-journalist-and-activist-ida-b-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbie To Release Doll Honoring Trailblazing Journalist And Activist Ida B. Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Brandee Sanders<\/a>
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\nFrom NASA pioneer\u00a0Katherine Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to civil rights trailblazer\u00a0Rosa Parks<\/a><\/strong>, Mattel has paid homage to the legacies of influential women who sparked transformative change. The latest visionary to be celebrated by the toy brand is\u00a0Ida B. Wells<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0BOTWC<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0reported.
\nWells\u2014who hailed from Holly Springs, Mississippi\u2014tapped into the power of journalism to capture the injustices faced by African Americans in the South. Wells led groundbreaking investigative research around white mob violence and the lynching of Black men. She was one of the founders of the NAACP and played an instrumental role in the women\u2019s suffrage movement. Her purpose was rooted in seeking truth and her legacy lives on through generations of journalists and activists.
\nWells\u2019 doll will be included in Barbie\u2019s Inspiring Women collection which is part of its Dream Gap campaign; an initiative launched by the brand designed to inspire and empower girls through representation. As part of the project, Barbie has created a collection of dolls that depict real-life diverse changemakers in an effort to amplify their stories and create toys in which children can see themselves reflected.
\nThrough the Dream Gap campaign, the brand has collaborated with UCLA\u2019s Center for Scholars and Storytellers to cultivate a school curriculum centered on leadership and has also gifted grants to grassroots organizations dedicated to uplifting girls and women. Barbie\u2019s Ida B. Wells collectible dons a blue dress with lace accents and includes a Memphis Free Speech newspaper accessory. The doll is slated to be released on Jan 17. Other pioneers included in Barbie\u2019s Inspiring Women Series are\u00a0Maya Angelou<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ella Fitzgerald<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Helen Keller<\/strong>.
\nNews about Wells\u2019 doll comes months after a monument memorializing her legacy was\u00a0unveiled<\/a>\u00a0in Chicago.
\n\u201cResearch shows that starting at age five, many girls begin to develop self-limiting beliefs and think they\u2019re not as smart and capable as boys. They stop believing their gender can be anything,\u201d read a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0from Mattel. \u201cBarbie is committed to shining a light on empowering role models in an effort to inspire more girls. As a part of the Dream Gap Project, we\u2019re introducing girls to remarkable women\u2019s stories to show them you can be anything.\u201d
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www.blackamericaweb.com By Brandee Sanders   From NASA pioneer\u00a0Katherine Johnson\u00a0to civil rights trailblazer\u00a0Rosa Parks, Mattel has paid homage to the legacies of influential women who sparked transformative change. The latest visionary to be celebrated by the toy brand is\u00a0Ida B. Wells,\u00a0BOTWC\u00a0reported. Wells\u2014who hailed from Holly Springs, Mississippi\u2014tapped into the power of journalism to capture the injustices…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,134,124,103,120,105],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-21035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american","category-black-wall-street","category-education","category-featured","category-history","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21035"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=21035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}