The Real Wonder Woman
According to Wikipedia Wonder Woman was created by psychologist William Moulton Marston (aka Charles Moulton), and Marston's wife Elizabeth and their life partner Olive Byrne are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance. The problem is that this is largely based on the movie about Marston that focused almost exclusively on his wife and mistress. But in 2014 Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air asked author Jill Lepore about her book The Secret History of Wonder Woman and Vargas pinup girls appear to be the inspiration for her appearance, but the essence of who Wonder Woman is was based on Margaret Sanger: “His vision for Wonder Woman reflected his interest in the women's suffrage movement and in Margaret Sanger, the birth control and women’s rights activist who also happened to be his mistress’s aunt.” GROSS: And in terms of the story line, Marston hired Joy Hummel to help write “Wonder Woman.” And Marston's mistress, Olive, gave her one book and told ...