There's more, too - such as the facts that Marston invented the lie detector and that his longtime lover, Olive Byrne, was the niece of famed birth control crusader Margaret Sanger. It's all in Lepore's book, an astonishingly thorough investigation of the man behind the world's most popular female superhero. In the mid-1920s he, his wife and two of his lovers participated in a "cult of female sexual power" organized by his aunt. He also led a highly unusual lifestyle, living with and fathering children by two women at once. Creator William Moulton Marston actually fought to depict her that way. Just kidding! In fact, The Secret History of Wonder Woman relates a tale so improbable, so juicy, it'll have you saying, "Merciful Minerva!" It turns out that decades of rumors were true: The red-white-and-blue heroine, conceived during World War II, had a decidedly bohemian progenitor.įor one thing, it was no accident that Wonder Woman got chained up in every episode. What could such things have to do with Wonder Woman? Fortunately, there's no connection between those titillating concepts and the famous Amazon - certainly not in Jill Lepore's new book. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Secret History of Wonder Woman Author Jill Lepore
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