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Mary Olive Byrne (/ b ɜːr n /), known professionally as Olive Richard (February 19, 1904 – May 19, 1990), was the polyamorous domestic partner of William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston. She has been credited as an inspiration for the comic book character Wonder Woman.
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Apr 7, 2014 · Stories say that he modeled Wonder Woman after Elizabeth Marston but my grandmother, Olive Richard, claims that Wonder Woman was designed after her. If you ever see a picture of the two ladies, you would see that indeed Wonder Woman was designed after my grandmother. Bill Marston had four children with two different women.
Oct 9, 2017 · We've been told that Professor Marston and the Wonder Women ends with a claim about Bill and Betty's son Pete Marston creating a museum in honor of Elizabeth and Olive. If so, that is going...
Sep 15, 2014 · At Tufts, Marston and Olive Byrne conducted research together. Byrne took him to her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, where freshmen pledges were required to dress up like babies and attend a “Baby...
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Oct 20, 2017 · Writer-director Angela Robinson’s film Professor Marston & the Wonder Women tells the story of the relationship between Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston, his wife Elizabeth Holloway...
Oct 27, 2014 · Marston, who was a famous psychologist, made up Wonder Woman in 1941. He was interested in the women's suffrage movement and in Margaret Sanger, the birth control and women's rights activist —...
Sep 7, 2017 · As mistress Olive Byrne takes notes, William Marston conducts an experiment. Courtesy of Schlesinger Library In a note dated May 6, 1942, just a little over a year after Wonder Woman made her debut, and before Marston’s mother had actually seen a copy of his comic, she wrote to him: “It’s wonderful that Wonder Woman has knocked Superman ...
