The Evening Star estimated back then that, factoring in lawyers, printers, and Patent Office fees, 'the game has cost her more than she made from it.' Magie died in 'relative obscurity' and neither her obituary nor headstone makes any mention of the fact she invented one of the best-selling board games of all time. In 1936, Magie spoke to the press about her anger at 'Darrow's appropriation of her idea'. 'She actually designed the game as a protest against the big monopolists of her time - people like Andrew Carnegie and John D. 'Magie filed a legal claim for her Landlord’s Game in 1903, more than three decades before Parker Brothers began manufacturing Monopoly,' states the extract from the book, published in the New York Times. Monopoly's origins actually started out when Elizabeth Magie spent her free time making a board game which reflected her highly progressive political views. 'He sold it and became a millionaire, his inventiveness saving him - and Parker Brothers, the beloved New England board game maker - from the brink of destruction,' per Pilon. For a very long time it was believed that the inventor of Monopoly was an unemployed man called Charles Darrow who 'dreamed up' the game in the 1930s. Here's a quick recap of how things turned out for the female inventor of Monopoly.

Per a Hasbro press release, this is a game which 'celebrates women trailblazers.'

The head-thumping-against-your-desk misery doesn't end there. A world that, according to the World Economic Forum, won't exist during our lifetimes. Hey, if you need a break from agonising over the fact women earned, on average, 85 percent of what men earned in 2018, at least you can indulge in this make-believe world where fairness exists. However, if men play their cards right, they can make more money too.' Here's a line from the press release that'll make you smile (or weep, most likely): 'a fun spin in the game that creates a world where women have an advantage often enjoyed by men. A statement that, alas, cannot be uttered about real-life. Monopoly is the 'first game where women make more than men,' according to a slogan on the box. Congrats to women everywhere, equality has finally arrived. Ladies, are you tired of the gender pay gap? Are you wondering how to busy yourself during the 202 years it will take to remedy gender pay inequality?įret ye not, games giant Hasbro has the answer to all your patriarchy-related prayers: Ms.

Ms monopoly cards