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Ida C. Craddock (August 1, 1857 – October 16, 1902) was a 19th-century American advocate of free speech and women's rights. She wrote extensively on sexuality, which led to her conviction and imprisonment for obscenity. Facing further legal proceedings after her release, she committed suicide.
Ida Craddock: Sexual Mystic and Martyr for Freedom. ON MARRIAGE. The Wedding Night. Right Marital Living. SPIRITUAL SEXUALITY. Heavenly Bridegrooms. Psychic Wedlock. Spiritual Joys. LETTERS.
Ida Craddock nació en Filadelfia el 1 de agosto de 1857. Su padre murió cuando ella tenía cuatro meses de edad. Después de su muerte, la madre de Ida se convirtió al cuaquerismo y la crio en una disciplina extremadamente puritana. Ida recibió un intenso entrenamiento religioso, y aprendió a leer la Biblia a una edad muy temprana.
¿Quién fue Ida Craccock? Craddock fue una prolífica autora nacida en Filadelfia a mediados del siglo XIX que dedicó su vida a defender los derechos de la mujer. Llegó incluso a ser admitida en la Universidad de Pensilvania para ser la primera mujer que estudiaba en el centro, pero finalmente fue rechazada por parte del consejo de ...
Ida Craddock was born in Philadelphia on August 1, 1857. Her father died when she was four months old. Her mother had been very interested in spiritualism and the occult, but following the death of Ida's father she became a fundamentalist Christian and raised Ida with an extremely puritanical discipline.
1 de sept. de 2012 · Book Reviews. In Heaven's Bride, Leigh Eric Schmidt sensitively explores the unusual life and ideas of the mystical sexologist Ida C. Craddock (1857–1902). Craddock held that “religion and sex-love, indeed, are but two reservoirs of emotion,” with deep and overlapping connections, and her life's work focused on promoting ...
11 de dic. de 2010 · In a new biography of 1890s sexual activist Ida C. Craddock, Heaven's Bride, professor Leigh Eric Schmidt brings to light the life of the little-known "mystic, martyr, and madwoman."
