The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00OL2KO7C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origins of one of the world's most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story - and a crucial history of 20th-century feminism. 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, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. 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. 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.. 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 20th century. Unlike every other superhero, she has al
"and brings to light the unusual (some would say perverse) family that created her during their campaign to make America a better" according to CDRoark. This book unearths the social influences behind the development of Wonder Woman, and brings to light the unusual (some would say perverse) family that created her during their campaign to make America a better, more equal place for women. The author is an academic first and foremo. "Prepare to be surprised, amazed, and alarmed by the people who created and shaped this comic icon." according to Peter J. Ward. Here is the internal dialog I had going at one point while reading this book.Me: "So the inventor of Wonder Woman was a psychology PhD who also invented the first lie detector."Also me: "Neat."Me: "Get this, he was also a pretty hardcore first-wave feminist and based a lot of Wond. Kat Jordan said An Amazing Tale. WOW - this is one of those long complicated tales that shows just how convoluted humans can be.The link between the suffragettes of early 1900s, the Birth Control movement and the Wonder Woman of the 19An Amazing Tale Kat Jordan WOW - this is one of those long complicated tales that shows just how convoluted humans can be.The link between the suffragettes of early 1900s, the Birth Control movement and the Wonder Woman of the 1940's is just amazing. Lepore does the subject justice and I'm amazed at how she. 0's is just amazing. Lepore does the subject justice and I'm amazed at how she