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Overlooked No More: Lizzie Magie, the Unknown Inventor Behind Monopoly

Magie’s creation, The Landlord’s Game, inspired the spinoff we know today. But credit for the idea long went to someone else.

Gavin Edwards
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Inventions and Patents, Magie, Lizzie (1866-1948), Monopoly (Game), Parker Brothers
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