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The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 410 pages
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Contents
  • Veritas
  • Family circle
  • Paradise island
  • Great Hera! I'm back!
Isbn
9780385354042
Instance
Label
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Title
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Statement of responsibility
Jill Lepore
Creator
Subject
Genre
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
  • 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
Instantiates
Publication
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
Label
The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore
Publication
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

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