Dora Wordsworth

William Wordsworth relied on his sister, wife, and daughter throughout his career. While the latter two (Mary and Dora, respectively) acted as his literary agents, his sister Dorothy was an uncredited editor, as well as transcriber and, after his death, literary executor.

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Elizabeth Holloway Marston

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.”

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Olive Byrne

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.

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Dolores del Río

Mexican actress Dolores del Río is considered the first Latin American woman to become a major film star, with a career that lasted from the 1920s Hollywood silent films into the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the ‘40s and ‘50s and later expanding into television and theater.

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