Her superb narrative brings that history vividly into the present, weaving individual lives into the sweeping changes of the century.” “The tragedy of feminism in the twentieth century is the way its history seemed to be forever disappearing,” Ms.
Like many illuminating histories, this one shows how issues we debate today were under contention just as vigorously decades ago, including birth control, sex education, the ways in which women can combine work and family, and the effects of “violent entertainment” on children.
The author, a professor of history at Harvard, places Wonder Woman squarely in the story of women’s rights in America-a cycle of rights won, lost and endlessly fought for again. Lepore’s lively, surprising and occasionally salacious history is far more than the story of a comic strip. Rocketing from the suffragism of the 1910s to the ERA of the 1970s on a wave of home-spun pop culture righteousness, this story’s head-spinning weirdness ultimately makes you question your own accomplishments, aims, and-almost like a great modern novel-your real motives.” And that’s not even mentioning the tough-as-nails women he exalted, lifted from and, uh, shared who make up the molten core of this newly-revealed story. The life history of polymath charlatan and/or genius (I couldn’t ever decide) William Moulton Marston, who worked his way through law, movie scenarios, lie detection, ménages a trois, free love, BDSM and polygamy before creating the first feminist super-person had me saying ‘wow’ practically every other page.
William Marston-inventor of the lie detector, charming crank, ardent feminist and secret polygamist-was waaay more colorful than any comic book superhero. Suffering Sappho!” “Jill Lepore’s obsessively researched book on Wonder Woman, the four-color embodiment of the women’s rights movement, reveals that the life of the character’s creator, Dr. In the nexus of feminism and popular culture, Jill Lepore has found a revelatory chapter of American history. I will never look at Wonder Woman’s bracelets the same way again.” “ The Secret History of Wonder Woman is as racy, as improbable, as awesomely righteous, and as filled with curious devices as an episode of the comic book itself.
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