Lizzie Magie
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Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era e
Magie in 1892
The Landlord's Game board, published in 1906
Grave of Magie and her husband at Columbia Gardens Cemetery
The Monopoly board game, which Lizzie Magie claimed was similar to her patent, The Landlord's Game
The Landlord's Game
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The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as U.S. patent 748,626. A realty and taxation game intended to educate users about Georgism, it is the inspiration for the 1935
Lizzie Magie
…Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (née Magie; May 9, 1866 – March 2, 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George. Elizabeth J. Magie was born in Macomb, Illinois, in…
Cover of the game, displaying creator Elizabeth Magie