Remembering History: Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips) the real inventor of "Monopoly". She applied for her patent in 1903 granted in 1904. She called her original version "The Landlord's Game". (wiki) Her intent was to explain the taxation by Landlords to their tenants. There is also speculation that she was reactive to the plight of the Gilded Age immigrants, imposed by their "slum lords".

Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips) the real inventor of "Monopoly". She applied for her patent in 1903 granted in 1904. She called her original version "The Landlord's Game". (wiki) Her intent was to explain the taxation by Landlords to their tenants. There is also speculation that she was reactive to the plight of the Gilded Age immigrants, imposed by their "slum lords".

Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips) the real inventor of "Monopoly". She applied for her patent in 1903 granted in 1904. She called her original version "The Landlord's Game". (wiki) Her intent was to explain the taxation by Landlords to their tenants. There is also speculation that she was reactive to the plight of the Gilded Age immigrants, imposed by their "slum lords".