Pass Go and Collect $200 by Tanya Lee Stone illustrated by Steven Salerno

The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented
Lizzie Magie was disturbed how the urban areas seemed to teem with financial inequality so she created a board game called the Landlord's Game to show the disparity.  People liked the game so much that they began making their own versions of it.  Unfortunately, the Parker Brothers thought the game was too challenging and educational and refused to market it.  Then during the Great Depression, Charles Darrow took the game and improved it and began making copies of it in his basement to sell.  He changed the name to Monopoly.  In the end, Mr. Darrow was the one to receive the credit and earnings for this game!  Lizzie only received $500 for it!
-Borrowed from the library.