Nationwide Ladies’s Historical past Museum Honors Mattel for Impacting Generations of Women
The Nationwide Ladies’s Historical past Museum (NWHM) will honor Mattel on the Ladies Making Historical past Awards Gala early subsequent 12 months. The main toy and household leisure firm will obtain the inaugural Evelyn Y. Davis Company Changemaker Award for its contributions to society and affect on the long run generations of ladies.
The NWHM celebrates girls’s numerous contributions to society and showcases the untold tales of girls all through historical past. On the upcoming Gala, the museum will honor distinguished figures throughout varied fields who contribute to society by inspiring girls and the way forward for girls’s historical past.
Mattel will obtain the Evelyn Y. Davis Company Changemaker Award for its capacity to empower generations of ladies to discover the wonders of childhood and attain their full potential. By accepting this award, Mattel would be the first firm to be acknowledged for its societal impression by means of recognizable manufacturers, together with Barbie, Monster Excessive, and American Woman.
Lisa McKnight, govt vice chairman and chief model officer of Mattel, will obtain the award on the corporate’s behalf. Together with overseeing the corporate’s toy manufacturers and classes, the 25-year Mattel veteran remodeled Barbie into the No. 1 International Toy Property (2020,2021) and the No. 1 International Doll property (2020-2024).
In previous ceremonies, the Gala has honored trailblazing girls like Rita Moreno, Maya Angelou, and Katherine Johnso, all of which have Barbie dolls made of their likeness. By honoring Mattel, the Gala hopes to encourage extra manufacturers to take motion by selling gender equality and illustration.
“It’s an unimaginable honor for Mattel to be acknowledged with the inaugural Evelyn Y. Davis Company Changemaker Award,” says McKnight. “This award displays Mattel’s dedication to our goal, the impression of initiatives just like the Barbie Dream Hole Challenge, and the way our manufacturers like Barbie, Monster Excessive, and American Woman permit generations of kids all over the place to see themselves in our merchandise, content material, and experiences.”
“Mattel is a trailblazer in difficult stereotypes and advancing gender fairness by means of the facility of play and storytelling,” says NWHM Board Chair Susan D. Whiting. “Mattel has proven an unwavering dedication to empowering women to see themselves as limitless, succesful and highly effective.”
The Ladies Making Historical past Awards Gala will happen at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 20, 2025. To be taught extra in regards to the awards ceremony and the museum, go to womenshistory.org.
