The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however, the historical existence of the Amazons, or any matriarchal society, has long been a raging issue. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
When I read the news that Wonder Woman was going to be resurrected for a blockbuster movie in 2016, 'Batman vs. Superman', it made me excited - and anxious. Would the producers give her a role as fierce as her… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
When I read 'The Master', I felt that I had read a true classic. It's so rare nowadays that you have that feeling: it… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Over the years, the writers at DC Comics softened Wonder Woman's powers in ways that would have infuriated Marston. During the 1960s, she was… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
When I was in my twenties, I strongly identified with Jane Austen's 'Emma' - her human failings mixed with a desire to do good. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy. That suggests a major re-ordering of things. It'll be fascinating to see what happens from now on. It was a genuine break with the recent past - perhaps to re-connect with the past past. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share
As a working mother, wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law, I have to make constant moral choices. Every choice I make results in someone else suffering. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
For centuries, divorce in the West was a male tool of control - a legislative chastity belt designed to ensure that a wife had… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however,… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean McConville. Jean… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Today, we are fortunate that the historical novel has reached such extraordinary heights of technical mastery. The ability of society to connect with the… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started out under… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
