Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?
Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.
But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.
Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women #HistoryRemix
what is the lesson learned? It is sad that she didn’t get famous, but at the same time I feel there is something more I cannot focus. Was she just unlucky?
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For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick.
Dr Annetta Mallon
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •This is one of my favourite bits of social history.
Marco Milani
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Dwight Williams (💉 x7) + 😷
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Steve Cromwell
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
americanexperienceGeorge Carty
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Ruben
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •The Jewish Holocaust Museum in Sydney has a handmade #Monopoly board representing the ghetto. Next time I'm back there I intend to ask more about it,
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