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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.
12 de abr. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock, who died in 1915, never held high government office. The only federal office he ever held was an appointment as a postal inspector — a law enforcement position that gave him...
13 de may. de 2022 · The Comstock Act is named for Anthony Comstock, a prominent anti-vice crusader who became the U.S. Postal Inspector during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
2 de may. de 2016 · By Devin Leonard. May 2, 2016. At an early age, Anthony Comstock felt he was destined for glory. As a child in New Canaan, Connecticut, he was enchanted when his mother read him stories from the Bible about saintly heroes battling satanic foes. Comstock never smoked.
7 de jul. de 2021 · The Comstock Act, as it became known, was named after Anthony Comstock, an anti-vice crusader who later became a special agent to the U.S. Post Office, giving him the power to enforce the law.
