Polygraph wife, who suggested to him that 'When she got mad or excited, her blood pressure seemed to climb (Lamb, 2001). Although Elizabeth is not listed as Marston’s collaborator in his early work, Lamb, Matte (1996), and others refer directly and indirectly to Elizabeth's work on her husband's deception research. She also appears in a picture taken in his polygraph laboratory in the 1920s (reproduced in Marston, 1938). Despite his predecessor's contributions, Marston styled himself the "father of the polygraph". (Today he is often equally or more noted as the creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman.) Marston remained the
Olive Byrne Bella Heathcote. Asteroid 102234 Olivebyrne was named in her memory. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 () along with the naming of asteroid 101813 Elizabethmarston. Olive Byrne Mary Olive Byrne (), known professionally as Olive Richard (February 19, 1904 – May 19, 1985), was as an American homemaker and polyamorous life partner of William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston. She was the daughter of famous Progressive activist Ethel Byrne who famously opened the first birth-control clinic in the United States with her sister Margaret Sanger. She has been credited as