The Secret History of Wonder Woman — How Feminism Became a Superhero
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In The Secret History of Wonder Woman, historian Jill Lepore uncovers the largely hidden intellectual and political origins of one of the twentieth century’s most enduring fictional characters. Wonder Woman did not emerge from comic books alone. Lepore traces her genealogy through woman suffrage, early feminism, birth control activism, experimental psychology, legal debates, unconventional family arrangements…
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