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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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Olive Byrne was the pen name of Olive Richard, a staff writer for the magazine Smithsonian Magazine. She was also the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most important feminists of the 20th century. She lived with Dr. William Moulton Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman, and his wife, Elizabeth Holloway, who was Olive Byrne's mother.
Oct 9, 2017 · Olive Byrne was a woman who lived with William Moulton Marston, the psychologist and inventor of Wonder Woman, and his wife Elizabeth, who created the character. The film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women suggests that they had a polyamorous relationship, but this is based on a source's interpretation and not verified by any evidence.
Oct 27, 2014 · A feminist icon, Wonder Woman was an Amazon who forced people to tell the truth with her magic lasso. She was a controversial figure in the 1940s because of her overt sexuality and her link to...
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...
Sep 15, 2014 · In Virginia, where she was living with Olive Byrne, who was sixty-eight, she’d got a letter from Joanne Edgar, telling her that Ms. was planning to run a cover story about Wonder Woman....
Partner. Olive Byrne (1925; his death 1947) Children. 4. William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton ( / ˈmoʊltən / ), was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph.
