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Anthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 – September 21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (NYSSV), who was dedicated to upholding Christian morality.
Anthony Comstock (born March 7, 1844, New Canaan, Conn., U.S.—died Sept. 21, 1915, New York, N.Y.) was one of the most powerful American reformers, who for more than 40 years led a crusade against what he considered obscenity in literature and in other forms of expression.
Anthony Comstock (Nueva Canaan, 1844 - Nueva York, 1915) Reformador estadounidense que se erigió en un rígido defensor de la tradición moralista de las comunidades de Nueva Inglaterra frente a la relajación de las costumbres introducida en la sociedad norteamericana.
14 de may. de 2024 · Hoy os cuento la increíble historia de Anthony Comstock, el hombre que se ganó la fama de moralizador implacable en la historia de los Estados Unidos. En mi último video, exploramos la vida y...
13 de may. de 2022 · Learn about Anthony Comstock, a devout Protestant who became a postal inspector and banned obscene, lewd or lascivious materials from the mail. Find out how he targeted contraception, abortion and free speech advocates and how his legacy lives on.
Anthony Comstock, un activista religioso, trató de censurar la literatura obscena durante su tiempo. Destruyó miles de libros supuestamente obscenos y prohibió la venta de otros. Tuvo tanto éxito que una ley recibió su nombre.
2 de may. de 2016 · Learn about the life and times of Anthony Comstock, a self-righteous crusader who tried to censor all the mail in America. He was a chronic masturbator, a YMCA secretary, a postal inspector, and a persecutor of pornographers, suffragettes, and contraception advocates.
