After gains in the 1980s and particularly in the 1990s, hourly wages for young college-educated men in 2000 were. $22.75, but that dropped by almost a full dollar to $21.77 by 2010. For young college-educated women, hourly. wages fell from $19.38 to $18.43 over the same period.
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Every doll also came with a signature on its rear end â that of Xavier Roberts, the manufacturer and supposed creator of the Cabbage Patch Kids. But a new Vice mini-documentary, âThe Secret History of the Cabbage Patch Kids,â reveals that the dolls were actually invented by artist Martha Nelson Thomas, who died of ovarian cancer in 2013. According to the 16-minute doc, which is part of Viceâs American Obsessions series, Roberts stole the idea after coming across Nelson Thomasâs dolls at a fair, and eventually turned them into a $2 billion franchise.