Lepore, Jill - The Secret History of Wonder Woman

Jill Lepore. New York: Knopf. October, 2014.
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A New York Times Bestseller "Ms. Lepore’s lively, surprising and occasionally salacious history is far more than the story of a comic strip. The author, a professor of history at Harvard, places Wonder Woman squarely in the story of women’s rights in America—a cycle of rights won, lost and endlessly fought for again. Like many illuminating histories, this one shows how issues we debate today were under contention just as vigorously decades ago, including birth control, sex education, the ways in which women can combine work and family, and the effects of 'violent entertainment' on children. Read more...

Jill Lepore David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History, Harvard College Professor   Much of Lepore's research, teaching, and writing explores absences and asymmetries of evidence in the historical record. Her current work concerns the histories and technologies of evidence and of privacy. At Harvard, she teaches courses on historical topics and methods in History, History and Literature, American Studies, and at the Harvard Law School. As an essayist, she writes about American culture, law, literature, and politics, with an eye to the relationship between the past and the present.   Read more...