Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Phillips nee Magie (1866–1948) was the Games inventor of The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly.
She was born in Canton, Illinois in 1866, and later became a follower of the economist Henry George.
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 O...
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Phillips nee Magie (1866–1948) was the Games inventor of The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly.
She was born in Canton, Illinois in 1866, and later became a follower of the economist Henry George.
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.
In 1906, she moved to Chicago. That year, she and fellow Georgists formed the Economic Game Co. to self-publish her original edition of "The Landlord's Game." In 1910 she married Albert Phillips and Parker Brothers published her humorous card game "Mock Trial." In 1912, "The Landlord's Game" was adapted in Scotland by the Newbie Game Co. as "Bre'r Fox and Bre'r Rabbit." Although the...
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