Rank. Private. Unit. 17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. Anthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 – September 21, 1915) was an 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.), 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.
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. In...
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 ...
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.
28 de abr. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock was a 19th-century antivice crusader. The law he inspired is still on the books and being cited in a case that aim to restrict abortions. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo.
Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), a dogged reformer, imposed his Victorian values on a rapidly urbanizing United States, sometimes in disregard for the protections afforded by the First Amendment. Born in New Canaan, Connecticut, Comstock was raised in a strict religious family.
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