A Tale of Two Olives When I began researching William Moulton Marston in the early 1990s, it struck me as odd that two of his collaborators shared the name Olive—Olive Byrne and Olive Richard. Olive Byrne had assisted Marston in his research for Emotions of Normal People in the 1920s. Olive Richard was a magazine columnist who interviewed him a few times ...
Sadie Elizabeth Holloway was a wonder among women. Born in 1893, she emigrated with her parents from the Isle of Man, an island situated in the Irish Sea between Ireland and Great Britain. Elizabeth was a force to be reckoned with—stubborn, fierce, and tough as nails. The fiery trailblazer earned three degrees at a time when the very idea of ...
One Comic Book Writer’s Extraordinary ResuméWonder Woman’s creator, Professor William Moulton Marston, was a peculiar figure in the comic book industry. The creators of Superman (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) and Batman (Bob Kane) were all children of Jewish immigrants in an anti-semitic America. They were in their twenties when their brainchildren first donned their capes. By the time Marston ...