Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Phillips nee Magie (1866 - 1948) was the inventor of The Landlord's Game, the precusor to Monopoly 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Landlords Game is a board game patented by Quaker Elizabeth Magie from Virginia. ... Monopoly is the best-selling commercial board game in the world. ...

Early life

She was born in Canton, Illinois in 1866, and later became a follower of the economist Henry George. Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois in the USA. The population was 15,288 at the 2000 census. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Invention of Monopoly

Magie first made the game, known as "The Landlord's Game," popular with friends while living in Brentwood, Maryland, and sought her first patent on it while living there. On March 23, 1903, Magie applied to the US Patent Office for a patent on her board game, which was designed to demonstrate the evils of land monopolism. She was granted U.S. Patent 748,626 on January 5, 1904. The Landlords Game is a board game patented by Quaker Elizabeth Magie from Virginia. ... Brentwood is a town located in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and corporate and product identification. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1906, she moved to Chicago, and in 1910 she married Albert Phillips. With fellow Georgists, she formed the Economic Game Co. in 1906 to self-publish her original Landlord's Game. In 1910, Parker Brothers published her humorous card game "Mock Trial." 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Patent drawing for Lizzie Magies board game, 5 January 1904. ... The Parker Brothers logo is recognized throughout the world. ...

In 1912, her game invention was adapted in Scotland]] by the Newbie Game Co. as "Bre'r Fox and Bre'r Rabbit." Although the instructions claimed it was protected by a British patent, there is no evidence this was actually done.

She and her husband moved back to the east coast and patented a revised version of the game in 1924; it received U.S. Patent 1,509,312. As her orignal patent had expired in 1921, this is seen as her attempt to reassert control over her game, which was now being played at some colleges. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1932, her second Landlord's Game was published by the Adgame Company of Washington D. C., probably another self-publishing effort. This version was two games in one, as there were alternate rules for a game called Prosperity. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Patent drawing for Lizzie Magies board game, 5 January 1904. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the...

She sold her rights to The Landlord's Game to Parker Brothers for $500 in November 1935, with the understanding that they would promote it. After a January 1936 interview with her appeared in a Washington D. C. newspaper, in which she was somewhat critical of Parker Brothers, they agreed to publish two more of her games. The Landlords Game is a board game patented by Quaker Elizabeth Magie from Virginia. ... The Parker Brothers logo is recognized throughout the world. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January is the first month of the year and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the... The Parker Brothers logo is recognized throughout the world. ...

They sold her final board game inventions "Bargain Day" and "King's Men" in 1937, and a third version of "The Landlord's Game" in 1939. In Bargain Day, shoppers compete with each other in a department store; King's Men is an abstract strategy game. Few copies of The Landlord's Game are known to exist, but Bargain Day and King's Men are less rare. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Landlords Game is a board game patented by Quaker Elizabeth Magie from Virginia. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Landlords Game is a board game patented by Quaker Elizabeth Magie from Virginia. ...

During the late 1930's, Parker Brothers gave her co-credit along with Charles Darrow as the originators of Monopoly, in contrast to their later claim that he was sole inventor. They called her a "Famous Originator of Games," and in one 1936 magazine article, Darrow even singled her out for credit. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... The Parker Brothers logo is recognized throughout the world. ... Charles Darrow is widely considered to be the inventor of the board game Monopoly; however in 1973 a San Francisco State University economics professor named Ralph Anspach, invented Anti-Monopoly, and for this was sued by Parker Brothers. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium - Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Magie died in Arlington, Virginia in 1948. Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia (which calls itself a commonwealth), directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. By an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia effective in 1847 As of 2000... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Reference

• Walsh, Tim (2004). The Playmakers: Amazing Origins of Timeless Toys. Keys Publishing. ISBN 0-9646973-4-3.
  • Sadowski, David, as "Clarence B. Darwin" (2006). Passing Go: Early Monopoly, 1933-37. Folkopoly Press.

External link

• The story of Lizzie Magie and Parker Brothers