The story you’ve always heard about Monopoly the board game isn’t quite the whole truth. Who knew that a woman created a version of the game years before Charles Darrow, the depression era “savior” of Parker Brother’s? Elizabeth Magie was quite a progressive woman for her time. She supported herself, didn’t marry until the age of 44 and spent her free time working on a game that would help the world understand how monopolies broke down society and crushed small business. How interesting that a man took what a woman began and made a fortune? Hmm…
