![]() ![]() In The Secret History of Wonder Woman, she unearths the influence of feminism and the early suffragist movement on the creation of the female superhero. Lepore is an engaging storyteller with a particular interest in absences and forgotten debates in the historical record. She’s also cofounded a journal, coauthored a novel, and served on the staff of the New Yorker, for which she has written more than 100 pieces on topics ranging from Frankenstein to management theory." “Her colleagues in Harvard’s history department have written an average of three scholarly books apiece she has written eleven. Lepore won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for her first book, The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity, and “has been virtually unstoppable ever since,” writes Daniel Immerwahr in the Nation. She is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at the New Yorker. Historian Jill Lepore is the 2019-20 Avenali Chair in the Humanities. ![]() Townsend Fellowships for Library and Museum Professionals. ![]()
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