Joan Anderson, the woman who introduced the hula hoop to the United States and gave it its iconic name, died last month at ...

In her mid-30s, she gave the hula hoop its name and helped bring it to homes across the country. Recognition eluded her for ...

Because of a deal made on a handshake in a parking lot, she was long left out of a famous toy’s story. When she was 94, a ...

Anderson claimed she came up with the name 'hula hoop' and played a crucial role in introducing the toy to the US.

Joan Anderson, who introduced the hula hoop to the US and named it, died at 101 on July 14, 2025, in Carlsbad, California.

Joan Anderson's role in introducing the hula hoop from her native Australia went unsung until the 2018 documentary Hula Girl.

Joan Anderson, the woman who coined the name "Hula Hoop" and helped bring the iconic toy to America, has died at 101 in her ...

What a coincidence that a photo of an 18-year-old Providence circus performer warming up with a Hula Hoop (who even remembers ...

Hoop. She didn't have anything to do with production of the plastic toy. But the Hula-Hoop as we know it may never have been ...

Anderson brought one back to her husband, and they decided it would be a great idea to market stateside. She began calling the toy the “hula hoop.” ...

The late Wayne Deforest Anderson and Joan Anderson, now 94 and the oldest person featured in a film at Tribeca, were the couple who brought the original bamboo Hula Hoop to this country from Joan ...

Joan Anderson, who spotted a new fad on a trip back to Australia and brought the hula hoop to the attention of a US toy ...