{"id":4409,"date":"2017-08-04T14:46:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2017-08-04T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:50:58","slug":"the-secret-history-of-wonder-woman-by-jill-lepore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4409","title":{"rendered":"The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4419\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wonderwoman-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wonder Woman book jacket\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wonderwoman-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wonderwoman.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>After you take in this summer\u2019s new Wonder Woman movie, read the crazier-than-fiction backstory on the creation of America&#8217;s favorite female superhero. \u00a0Jill Lepore&#8217;s <em>The Secret History of Wonder Woman<\/em> traces Wonder Woman&#8217;s creation by William Moulton Marston, who also invented the lie detector test (lasso of truth, anyone?). Marston&#8217;s unusual family arrangement is a story unto itself, and following the ups and downs of his personal life and career\u00a0makes for a fascinating summer read.<\/p>\n<p>In exploring the pre- and post-WWII American cultural landscape and examining Marston&#8217;s connection to major feminists of the period, including Margaret Sanger, Lepore nicely frames Wonder Woman&#8217;s rise and examines the various parties who competed over\u2014sometimes for control, sometimes to censor\u2014this rising icon. <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1579659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Request a copy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After you take in this summer\u2019s new Wonder Woman movie, read the crazier-than-fiction backstory on the creation of America&#8217;s favorite female superhero. \u00a0Jill Lepore&#8217;s The Secret History of Wonder Woman traces Wonder Woman&#8217;s creation by William Moulton Marston, who also invented the lie detector test (lasso of truth, anyone?). Marston&#8217;s unusual family arrangement is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4409\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-for-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-elizabeth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}