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Golden Amazon (April 1939): first super-strong female heroine to overtly reference the Amazon myth (pulp, later paperback novels)
This character? That's fun!
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/goldamaz.htm
https://thepulp.net/pulpsuperfan/2019/07/15/introduction-to-the-golden-amazon-series/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Fearn#Golden_Amazon
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Of course, it would be more correct to call Amazona "a" precursor of Wonder Woman, because there were literally dozens of superheroines before WW, including a few who prefigured her in one way or another. As far as I could make out, here are a few significant firsts:
Domino Lady (May 1936): first female costumed crime-fighter (pulp)
Olga Mesmer, the Girl with the X-Ray Eyes (August 1937) first super-strong heroine in comics (a comic series in a pulp magazine)
Golden Amazon (April 1939): first super-strong female heroine to overtly reference the Amazon myth (pulp, later paperback novels)
Ritty (partner of Minimidget) (September 1939): First comicbook superheroine.
Amazona the Mighty Woman (March 1940): First super-strong female heroine in comicbooks to overtly referenc the Amazon myth
USA, the Spirit of Old Glory (March 1941): First superheroine to wear the Stars and Stripes (an actual flag in her case, not a costume).
Pat Patriot (August 1941): First superheroine to wear a costume based on the Stars and Stripes.
... and bondage scenes & erotic innuendo with Phantom Lady and others, I guess... (^_^')
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_girl_art
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Lady
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Amazona the Mighty Woman (March 1940): First super-strong female heroine in comicbooks to overtly referenc the Amazon myth
Also, an American finds her in an exotic land and she follows him to the USA.
