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05/03/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Wonder Woman

The first major female superhero was created by psychologist William Marston in 1941

The first major female superhero was created by psychologist William Marston in 1941.

The first major female superhero made her comic strip debut in 1941. Wonder Woman - an Amazonian princess with superhuman strength and agility - was created by psychologist William Marston, who called her "propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world".

Joye Murchison Kelly - then Joye Hummel - was the first female writer on Wonder Woman. She talks to Lucy Burns about her memories of working on the comic with Marston.

(Photo: Mariah Cletus plays Wonder Woman in front of a poster showing Wonder Woman graphics through the years at Comic-Con in San Diego, California, July 2017/ Credit: Bill Wechter/AFP/Getty Images)

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