The Last Amazon
Jill Lepore on Wonder Woman’s real origin story: she was a utopian feminist creation, inspired by Margaret Sanger and the ideals of free love.
"Wonder Woman was conceived to set up a standard of strong, free, courageous womanhood." — The 1941 press release. Her creator, William Moulton Marston, put it differently: "Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world."