Secret History of Wonder Woman

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Secret History of Wonder Woman
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jill Lepore
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781925106985
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Scribe Publications
Imprint Scribe Publications
Publication Date 18 November 2015
Publication Country Australia

Description

Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she also has a secret history. Drawing from an astonishing trove of documents, including never-before-seen private papers, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore reveals the fascinating family story that sparked the invention of the most popular female superhero of all time. Delving into the life of Wonder Woman's eccentric creator, psychologist William Moulton Marston, Lepore her feminist origins- from the warrior princesses of the Amazon, to suffragists including Emmeline Pankhurst, and the women Marston shared his life with - his wife and his mistress. The Secret History of Wonder Woman is at once a riveting work of pop culture history, and a crucial insight into the struggle for women's rights in the twentieth century and the troubled place of feminism today.

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