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October 2014. As soon as Wonder Woman appeared in Sensation Comics, beginning with her cover debut in 1942, she caused a stir. "Wonder Woman is not sufficiently dressed," one bishop groused....
Harvard psychologist William Moulton Marston, claimed that "comics' worst offense was their blood-curdling masculinity." That's when he struck upon the idea of creating a female superhero who used love as well as strength to conquer evil: Wonder Woman. She made her first appearance in 1941 in All Star Comics #8.
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Sep 15, 2014 · September 15, 2014. Save this story. Wonder Woman, introduced in 1941, was a creation of utopian feminism, inspired by Margaret Sanger and the ideals of free love.Photograph by Grant Cornett....
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Oct 27, 2014 · Author Jill Lepore on early reactions to Wonder Woman. Marston, who was a famous psychologist, made up Wonder Woman in 1941. He was interested in the women's suffrage movement and in Margaret...
The language sounds like that of many a modern-day NGO, not a World War II-era popular entertainment. But Marston would go further, saying, “Frankly, Wonder Woman is the psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world.”
May 5, 2019 · The Wonder Woman Collection is Something for Everyone. To many, the Smithsonian Libraries’ Wonder Woman materials are nothing more than a collection of old comic books and letters, but to experts the character and her creation are historically, culturally and socially important. “I believe the collection to be significant because we see how ...
Oct 1, 2014 · As Marston once put it, “Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world.”. …. View on Smithsonian. Save to Collection. The history of the comic-book superhero's creation seven decades ago has been hidden away — until now.