People think Monopoly was born of the Great Depression. But as author Mary Pilon discovered, Monopoly was actually created as a leftwing teaching tool around the Gilded Age. Mary Pilon, author of The ...

Think you know the history of the Monopoly board game? You might be surprised. The tale was included in every Monopoly box sold for decades: During the Great Depression, a down-on-his-luck repairman ...

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. It was invented by a woman, who for a long time didn't get credit for her idea. What... Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in ...

You may know Monopoly as one of the most popular classic board games in modern history, or as the game that means your family members all stop talking to each other for a couple of hours over ...

Stacker compiled a list of 50 Monopoly editions by researching company websites, fans’ collections, and historical articles. Here's a look at how the game has evolved over the years. According to Mary ...

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. It was invented by a woman, who originally didn't get credit for her idea. What else is hidden in the game's history? Test your knowledge ...

A young woman by the name of Elizabeth Magie created the game as a “practical demonstration of the present system of land-grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences.” Her inspiration was a ...