But she was also the original inventor of Monopoly, the folk game that ... Magie-Phillips became the first woman to receive a US patent for a board game for the Landlord's Game.

He called the game Monopoly, and when he sold it to Parker ... And in 1904, Magie received a patent for an invention she called the Landlord’s Game, a square board with nine rectangular spaces ...

Today's Monopoly, with its memorable small ... She went to the press herself with the original game board and her patent, for which she had received only a few hundred dollars at the time.

Today's Monopoly, with its memorable small figurines and play ... She went to the press herself with the original game board and her patent, for which she had received only a few hundred dollars at ...