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Apr 18, 2016 · Her origins lie in the feminism of the early 1900s, and the intertwined dramas that surrounded her creation are the stuff of pulp fiction and tabloid scandal….It took a super-sleuth to uncover the mysteries of this intricate history, hidden from view for more than half a century.
Wonder Woman first appeared in December 1941, wearing a bustier, high-heeled red boots and an American flag. To her readers, many grappling with the shock of Pearl Harbor, she promised to...
Oct 23, 2014 · It’s a yea-saying tale about how this comic book character, created in 1941, remade American feminism and had her roots in the ideas and activism of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned...
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Oct 28, 2014 · The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Jill Lepore. 3.73. 16,319 ratings2,402 reviews. A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story.
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Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women’s rights—a chain of events that begins with the women’s suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later.
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Dec 4, 2014 · Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women’s rights — a chain of events that begins with the women’s suffrage...
Oct 28, 2014 · 4.3 1,408 ratings. Editors' pick Best History. See all formats and editions. A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism.
