Strong women have always been a part of society, but it does feel like we’ve only finally begun to really accept them for what they are. The Covid-19 pandemic and the search for a vaccine had many women in prominent positions, and Mattel, the company behind the Barbie dolls, felt like it was the perfect opportunity to give young girls all over the planet some new role models.
Sadly, the dolls are custom one-of-a-kind dolls, but let’s take a look at the new Barbie dolls whose life goals go beyond “make Ken love me.”
Jaqueline Góes de Jesus (Brazil)
This lovely Brazilian woman was probably one of the most important people in the Latin American fight against Covid-19. She was part of the team that completed the first genetic sequencing of the virus in Latin America, which is pretty much step one when trying to cure a disease.
Professor Sarah Gilbert (UK)
We’ve all heard a lot about all the different kinds of vaccines that were created against the Covid-19 virus. Well, professor Gilbert was the leading lady of the creation of the Oxford vaccine – better known as the AstraZeneca vaccine.
