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Jill Lepore's The Secret History Of Wonder Woman

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Sometimes there is simply not a need to tell the whole truth. In Jill LePore’s The Secret History of Wonder Woman, the Main character, William A. Marston and the author of Wonder Woman, actually had more than one wife. This secret remained private to the public. It would have been needless for him to share what went on in his home. Anyone that should have known, did; And anyone else would have been discreetly informed. If this information would have been public, it would have done nothing to help his struggling career expedited his “[slide] down the academic ladder”, and further, it could have had a negative effect on Holloway’s or Byrne’s professional livelihood.

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