Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different by Ben Brooks

Author:Ben Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON

(1893–1947)

In the 1940s, comic books and the superheroes who inhabited them became really popular. There were hundreds of them, like Batman and Superman and Flash and the Green Lantern.

But there weren’t any girls.

It made no sense.

Girls read comics, too, but they never got to see themselves in them. Not as superheroes, at least. All women in comic books seemed to do was get kidnapped and then get rescued by men.

One night, William Moulton Marston was explaining to his wife, Elizabeth, an idea he’d had for a new kind of superhero. This new superhero, he said, wouldn’t rely on a weapon or fighting, but on being clever and being kind.

“Fine,” his wife said. “Just make her a woman.”

And Wonder Woman was born.

William was a Harvard psychology professor who spent a lot of his time being fired from jobs for speaking up for women. During his studies, he’d become increasingly interested in women’s rights, and he based Wonder Woman’s character on early feminists and suffragettes—strong, powerful women who were capable of rescuing themselves.

In the comics, Wonder Woman comes from a lost world called Paradise Island, where women live peacefully without men. Then, one day, a man crash-lands on the island and Wonder Woman has to take him home. Back in his land, she finds herself caught up in a series of adventures, taking down evil gods and villains.

To help her, she has superhuman strength, bracelets that deflect bullets, and a lasso that can get the truth out of anyone.

She was a hit, with girls and boys, and new stories about her haven’t stopped being released since.

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