Monday, February 22, 2016

On Elizabeth Holloway Marston, And Telling The Truth About Wonder Woman

This past Saturday, February 20th, would have been the 123rd birthday of Elizabeth Holloway Marston. Shes not exactly what youd call famous, but youve probably guessed who she is from the headline and illustration above.


Elizabeth Holloway Marston was a psychologist, and the wife of fellow psychologist William Moulton Marston, whos credited with creating Wonder Woman. At least, she was one of his wives, depending on how you look at it. She was his legal wife, to be sure, but the two lived with a third partner, Olive Byrne, and each woman bore two of Marstons children.


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