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Wonder Woman: Episode 2
[wonder woman theme]
Retta: Aww yeah that was my jam
Rosario Dawson: Well you know I’m the voice of Wonder Woman
R: What?! Amazing!
[RD Wonder Woman clip]
R: And you know Wonder Woman was all about voting. I mean I don’t know if the Amazons were democratic, but she would’ve been a suffragist.
RD: But seriously why are we talking about Wonder Woman during this suffrage centennial year? The man who created Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, was actually a major supporter of women’s equality. He crossed paths with suffragists and feminists like Emmeline Pankhurst, Margaret Sanger and a woman named Inez Milholland.
R: Inez Milholland was a passionate advocate for women’s rights and pacifism. But, as we all know, sex sells, and it did, even then. Millholland was voted the Most Beautiful Suffragist and is perhaps best known for the stylish way she led the famous 1913 suffrage parade in the Capital. Dressed in a flowing white cloak and star-shaped crown, she rode a horse named Grey Dawn while leading the marchers.
RD: It’s easy to see how this image would stick in the mind of Marston as he was creating a female superhero. Wonder Woman was unveiled for the world in 1942.
"The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women in all fields of human activity,” he said in the press release. Wonder Woman’s goal was to combat the idea that quote “women are inferior to men, and to inspire girls to self-confidence and achievement in athletics, occupations and professions monopolized by men."
R: Whether or not she was the Justice League’s secretary, there was no doubt Wonder Woman was a suffragist.
Description
Superhero Wonder Woman would have been a suffragist.
Duration
2 minutes, 20 seconds
Credit
PRX, WSCC, NPS
Date Created
08/12/2020
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