Celebrating Wonder Woman's 80th Anniversary: Hope and Empowerment

Without a mask or a shield, Wonder Woman empowered women when they were entering the workforce during WWII. She comes from an island of immortal Amazon women; when a soldier lands on her shores, she is compelled to leave with him to help fight the Nazis.

William Moulton Marston created Wonder Woman to symbolize female power and equality. More conservative writers took over the character after Marston's death in 1947. The original Wonder Woman did not return until the women's movements in the 1970s.