The Moth

Dressing Barbie

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A woman who designs clothes for Barbie fights to be given credit for her work.

Storyteller

Carol Spencer

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International Women’s Month: Carol Spencer

Original Air Date

March 6, 2020

Recorded Date

October 4, 2019

“I designed surgeon Barbie Fashion Pack shortly after my biopsy, where I saw women as nurses and men as doctors or surgeons. Why shouldn't a woman become a doctor? Why shouldn't she become a surgeon?”

Photo by Braden Moran
Carol Spencer

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