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GOOGLE IMAGES American political activist Elizabeth J. “Lizzie” Magie Phillips (1866-1948), inventor of the board game that later became Monopoly.

GOOGLE IMAGES American political activist Elizabeth J. “Lizzie” Magie Phillips (1866-1948), inventor of the board game that later became Monopoly.

March 8, 2020

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Nearly a hundred years ago, robber barons were rampaging in America, and Elizabeth “Lizzie” J. Magie Phillips decided she’d do something about it in her own small way.