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by Answerbag Staff on May 20th, 2011

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What women created the monopoly of economics?

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  • by Contributing Writer on May 27th, 2011

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    Two women had an influence on the game Monopoly. The first was a Quaker woman Elizabeth Magie (later Phillips) who created the first version of Monopoly called the "Landlord's Game" in 1904. The second woman Ruth Hoskins may have added the Atlantic City street names around 1930.

    References:

    Board Games Studies

    The Monopolization of Monopoly Ruth Hoskins; Burton H. Wolfe; 1976

    Resources:

    History Detectives; Episode 2, 2004 - Board Games, Arden Delaware

    PatentMuseum.com; Elizabeth Magie Phillips Landlord Game 1924 version

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