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Anthony Comstock (* 7. März 1844 in New Canaan in Connecticut; † 21. September 1915) war zunächst oberster Postinspektor und später ein viktorianischen Moralvorstellungen verbundener Politiker in den USA. Biografie Siegel der „Gesellschaft zur Unterdrückung des Lasters ...
Comstock Act (1873) Sandra Rierson. The brainchild of a zealous and devout New England Congregationalist, Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Act (17 Stat. 599) was passed after little debate in March 1873, in the last days of Ulysses S. Grant's first term as president.The act prohibited the dissemination of any "article of an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the ...
15 de jun. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock in 1913 or earlier Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Each section of the text examined a new category of vice that could ensnare an unsuspecting child in evil’s clutches.
20 de jul. de 2021 · In the spring of 1878, Anthony Comstock received word that a young woman who had attended one of Sara’s lectures in a church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, had used a vaginal syringe that she bought from Sara, and then ulcerated her uterus. A doctor took care of her and she recovered. Anthony’s accounts of what happened are convoluted.
Anthony Comstock. Anthony Comstock. Anthony Comstock was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1844. He had a strict Puritan upbringing that would influence his later life. After having served in the Civil War, Comstock moved to New York City, which was seeing a rapid expansion in businesses of all types, including saloons and gambling halls.
19 de abr. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock was a crusader, a man who made it his business to police the behavior, bodies, and reading materials of others, first in New York City, and then across the United States. In Amy Sohn’s book, The Man Who Hated Women, she writes of his self-importance: While crossing the street in New York one day, he [Comstock] was nearly run ...
19 de abr. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock’s crusade against women gained him the moniker of ‘moral eunuch’. Today’s anti-choice zealots are following in his footsteps Wed 19 Apr 2023 06.00 EDT Last modified on Wed ...
