The Creation of Wonder Woman

After reading the first chapter of The Secret History of Wonder woman I came to a very surprising realization. It might have been obvious to others but I hadn't realized until just now that Wonder Woman was originally written by a man. It was interesting to look into the suffragists who inspired him and read some of the early comics.
I grew up with better rights than woman in Mortans time, so I had just assumed a woman writer wanted to share her superhero and her story. It's nice that Mortan used his privilege to try and show a perspective that wasn't typically told. Usually I prefer stories about an underrepresented demographic to be written by that demographic but I can understand why that wasn't the case and why it can't always be the case. That argument is a double edged sword. Because if writers only wrote about their experiences and their demographic a lot of authors or creators would be very limited. So there's nothing wrong with authors doing research and branching out to try and show a perspective other than their own. But at the same time I would rather have a woman be in charge of a break through woman character. For the authenticity but also so a woman can gain fame, money, and respect for the content she is capable of creating.
An example of the inaccuracies that can arise when a piece of content is displaying underrepresented group but isn't produced by that group is the 2015 Stonewall movie. It was written and produced by two gay white dudes and unsurprisingly only primarily documented gay white dudes. The film created an unrealistic and historically inaccurate portrayal of the events of stonewall.
Don't get me wrong Mortan did a great thing, creating a woman superhero who was powerful and respected. I'm glad he did, but I did want to bring up how I wish more woman worked on the project. In the text he talked about the woman he was inspired by, the suffragettes at his college. It'd have been cool if they had more involvement aside from initial inspiration. But overall I'm glad he paved the way for the start of woman in comics.