The Resource The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore
The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore
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The item The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
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- A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story
- Examines the life of Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston and his polyamorous relationship with wife Elizabeth Holloway and mistress Olive Byrne, both of whom inspired and influenced the comic book character's creation and development
- "Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she also has a secret history. Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator. Beginning in his undergraduate years at Harvard, Marston was influenced by early suffragists and feminists, starting with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was banned from speaking on campus in 1911, when Marston was a freshman. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife, Sadie Elizabeth Holloway, brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1930s, Marston and Byrne wrote a regular column for Family Circle celebrating conventional family life, even as they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truth--he invented the lie detector test--lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman. The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's rights--a chain of events that begins with the women's suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 410 pages
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book."
- Contents
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- Veritas
- Family circle
- Paradise island
- Great Hera! I'm back!
- Isbn
- 9780385354042
- Label
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman
- Title
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Lepore
- Subject
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- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
- Feminism
- Feminism -- United States -- History
- Feminism -- historia
- Förenta staterna
- History
- Marston, William Moulton, 1893-1947
- Marston, William Moulton, 1893-1947
- Superheldin
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comics
- Comic
- Superhjältar
- United States
- United States
- Women heroes in literature
- Women heroes in literature
- Women's rights
- Women's rights -- United States -- History
- Wonder Woman, (Fictitious character)
- Wonder Woman, (Fictitious character)
- Wonder Woman, (fiktiv gestalt)
- Wonder Woman, Literarische Gestalt
- Superhero comics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story
- Examines the life of Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston and his polyamorous relationship with wife Elizabeth Holloway and mistress Olive Byrne, both of whom inspired and influenced the comic book character's creation and development
- "Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she also has a secret history. Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator. Beginning in his undergraduate years at Harvard, Marston was influenced by early suffragists and feminists, starting with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was banned from speaking on campus in 1911, when Marston was a freshman. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife, Sadie Elizabeth Holloway, brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1930s, Marston and Byrne wrote a regular column for Family Circle celebrating conventional family life, even as they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truth--he invented the lie detector test--lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman. The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's rights--a chain of events that begins with the women's suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lepore, Jill
- Dewey number
- 741.5/973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN6728.W6
- LC item number
- L48 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wonder Woman
- Marston, William Moulton
- Wonder Woman
- Marston, William Moulton
- Wonder Woman
- Wonder Woman
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Feminism
- Women's rights
- Women heroes in literature
- Förenta staterna
- United States
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Feminism
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Women heroes in literature
- Women's rights
- United States
- Superheldin
- Comic
- Superhjältar
- Feminism
- Label
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Veritas -- Family circle -- Paradise island -- Great Hera! I'm back!
- Control code
- ocn874835576
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385354042
- Lccn
- 2014011064
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780385354042
- (OCoLC)874835576
- Label
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Veritas -- Family circle -- Paradise island -- Great Hera! I'm back!
- Control code
- ocn874835576
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385354042
- Lccn
- 2014011064
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385354042
- (OCoLC)874835576
Subject
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
- Feminism
- Feminism -- United States -- History
- Feminism -- historia
- Förenta staterna
- History
- Marston, William Moulton, 1893-1947
- Marston, William Moulton, 1893-1947
- Superheldin
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comic books, strips, etc
- Superhero comics
- Comic
- Superhjältar
- United States
- United States
- Women heroes in literature
- Women heroes in literature
- Women's rights
- Women's rights -- United States -- History
- Wonder Woman, (Fictitious character)
- Wonder Woman, (Fictitious character)
- Wonder Woman, (fiktiv gestalt)
- Wonder Woman, Literarische Gestalt
- Superhero comics
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