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    Mary Olive Byrne (/ b ɜːr n /), known professionally as Olive Richard (February 19, 1904 – May 19, 1990), [3] was the polyamorous domestic partner [4] [5] of William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston. She has been credited as an inspiration for the comic book character Wonder Woman.

  2. May 19, 1990 · Olive Dotsie Byrne Richard (1904-1990, aged 86) was an American housewife and domestic partner of William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston; she has been credited as an inspiration for his creation Wonder Woman.

  3. Feb 21, 2014 · Bill Marston taught first at American, then at Tufts University, where he met his student Olive Byrne. She came to live with him and Elizabeth, taking the name ‘Richard’ instead of ‘Byrne.’ Sheldon Mayer, Marston’s editor at DC Comics, visited them at their home years later.

  4. “Olive Richard” was the pen name of Olive Byrne, and she hadn’t gone to visit Marston—she lived with him. She was also the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most important feminists of ...

  5. Jun 9, 2017 · They say that Olive Byrne married a guy named William Richard in 1928 when she was in Los Angeles - they were all in Hollywood briefly - and had two kids in quick succession. And then he...

  6. When writer Olive Richard—pen name of Marston’s mis­tress Olive Byrne—asked him in an inter­view for Fam­i­ly Cir­cle whether some comics weren’t “full of tor­ture, kid­nap­ping, sadism, and oth­er cru­el busi­ness,” he replied, “Unfor­tu­nate­ly, that is true.” But “the reader’s wish is to save the girl, not ...

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  8. Sep 15, 2014 · Byrne also wrote for Family Circle, using the pen name Olive Richard. Her first article, a cover story from 1935, was a profile of Marston.

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