Paula Simons: Get us out from under, Wonder Woman

I was 11 when Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman burst onto Edmonton TV screens in 1975. Today, of course, the live-action cartoon looks impossibly cheesy. But I loved it, invisible plane, golden lasso and all.
The 1970s were a golden age for strong female heroines. The year after Wonder Woman came out on CBS, ABC fought back and released The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner as super-strong spy Jamie Sommers. Not to be outdone, in 1976 CBS also released Charlie’s Angels, the saga of th