Jill Lepore's The Secret History Of Wonder Woman
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
This book had me on the edge of my seat as pieces were dropping together to form a puzzle that I never knew was there in the first place. There is so much history to be found in everything about Wonder Woman, all tying to the events that her creator, William Marston, has been through and seen. There is history from her lasso to her very first villain. Every bit of Wonder Woman has a story, stories which make one want to root for Wonder Woman even more so.
Jill Lepore has done a fantastic job uncovering the secret history of Wonder Woman, as well as the history behind Marston, Wonder Woman’s creator. She has won the Bancroft Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History. Lepore teaches American …show more content…
One of her jobs was working as a detective. Utilizing the lie detector that Steve Trevor, her love interest, introduces her to, Wonder Woman captures liars and makes them pay justly. As Wonder Woman, she embodies this same principle in her Lasso of Truth. As the name suggests, when entrapped by her lasso, one is forced to reveal the truth. Marston invested a lot of time and care into Wonder Woman, and wanted her to be a part of his work. The lie detector was one of said works. “Marston also used Wonder Woman to feature his long-standing work, dating to his junior year of college, on the detection of deception, the subject of his 1921 doctoral dissertation in Harvard’s Psychology Department… Wonder Woman uses her magic lasso to compel a villain to tell the truth.” I appreciate the Marston wanted Wonder Woman to have a job that involved action and a higher education. So many women during this time period had received education, but had been denied a degree stating that they were qualified for what they spent years studying. He purposely put Wonder Woman in a position of power and advanced education to show that women were capable of doing jobs usually deemed for
This book had me on the edge of my seat as pieces were dropping together to form a puzzle that I never knew was there in the first place. There is so much history to be found in everything about Wonder Woman, all tying to the events that her creator, William Marston, has been through and seen. There is history from her lasso to her very first villain. Every bit of Wonder Woman has a story, stories which make one want to root for Wonder Woman even more so.
Jill Lepore has done a fantastic job uncovering the secret history of Wonder Woman, as well as the history behind Marston, Wonder Woman’s creator. She has won the Bancroft Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History. Lepore teaches American …show more content…
One of her jobs was working as a detective. Utilizing the lie detector that Steve Trevor, her love interest, introduces her to, Wonder Woman captures liars and makes them pay justly. As Wonder Woman, she embodies this same principle in her Lasso of Truth. As the name suggests, when entrapped by her lasso, one is forced to reveal the truth. Marston invested a lot of time and care into Wonder Woman, and wanted her to be a part of his work. The lie detector was one of said works. “Marston also used Wonder Woman to feature his long-standing work, dating to his junior year of college, on the detection of deception, the subject of his 1921 doctoral dissertation in Harvard’s Psychology Department… Wonder Woman uses her magic lasso to compel a villain to tell the truth.” I appreciate the Marston wanted Wonder Woman to have a job that involved action and a higher education. So many women during this time period had received education, but had been denied a degree stating that they were qualified for what they spent years studying. He purposely put Wonder Woman in a position of power and advanced education to show that women were capable of doing jobs usually deemed for