Born: 20 February 1893, United States
Died: 27 March 1993
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Sarah Elizabeth Holloway
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
While William Moulton Marston is credited as the creator of Wonder Woman, his wife Elizabeth and their polyamorous partner Olive Byrne were highly influential in her development, to the point that when Marston first raised the idea of creating a comic book hero, Elizabeth reportedly said, “Fine—but make her a woman.”
IW note: Elizabeth and William also collaborated to develop the predecessor to the polygraph test, a systolic blood pressure measurement used to detect deception.