Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Board Games (29 Dec 2003) Monopoly has sold over 20 million copies since its invention in 1933, but it’s a little known fact that the game was originally designed by an American Quaker called Lizzie Maggie, who patented The Landlord’s Game in 1904. Ralph Anspach, inventor of Anti Monopoly and Catherine Howell from the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green explain her story. Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/29_12_03/monday/info2.shtml   14.02    (Womans Hour)   Read 169 more articles from BBC Radio 4 sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: For Global ID Systems, the Tried and True This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy