Anthony Comstock (/ˈkʌmstɒk, ˈkɒm-/; March 7, 1844 – September 21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary...
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often associated with U.S. Postal Inspector and anti-vice activist Anthony Comstock. The law was applied broadly for much of its history, before the scope...
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Barbara Jean Comstock (née Burns; born June 30, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th...
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Anthony Comstock, American morals critic Anthony Corallo, American mobster Anthony Crivello, American actor Anthony Crolla, British boxer Anthony Crosland...
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to a committee to obtain a minister for Norwalk. Anthony Comstock, 5th great-grandson Henry Comstock, 6th great-grandson An Historical Discourse in Commemoration...
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States. Like many other sex reformers, Dr. Stockham was arrested by Anthony Comstock, who prosecuted a variety of sexual freedom reformers.Ida Craddock...
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Sanger identified emotionally with his wife's work and referred to Anthony Comstock as a victim of "incurable sexophobia" who lacked "the intelligence...
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popular newspapers and periodicals of the day. The NYSSV was founded by Anthony Comstock and his supporters in the Young Men's Christian Association. In May...
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abortion. The Comstock Act of 1873 is the American equivalent of the English Obscene Act. The anti-obscenity bill, drafted by Anthony Comstock, was debated...
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Congress to pass the 1873 Comstock Laws. George Francis Train once defended her. Other feminists of her time, including Susan B. Anthony, disagreed with her...
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copy of Family Limitation to a representative of anti-vice politician Anthony Comstock. William Sanger was tried and convicted, spending thirty days in jail...
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Island workhouse. Upon her release, Anthony Comstock immediately re-arrested her for violations of the Comstock Act. On October 10, Craddock was tried...
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birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock (Rod Steiger) forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception...
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embodied in the federal and state Comstock laws and named after the postal officer and anti-obscenity crusader Anthony Comstock, who proved himself officious...
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indecency and another in New York was targeted by anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, both after displaying September Morn. Over the next few years the...
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connected with the district. Frustration at this state of affairs led to Anthony Comstock's anti-vice crusade, which operated with Federal authority from the...
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Madame Restell (section Arrest by Comstock)
accused numerous times, Restell appeared unscathed. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock was an influential moral reformer, who sought not only to regulate...
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university. While a law student, Hoover became interested in the career of Anthony Comstock, the New York City U.S. Postal Inspector, who waged prolonged campaigns...
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influenced by Storer, and were facilitated by the press. In 1873, Anthony Comstock created the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, an institution...
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enforcement of obscenity prohibitions under the Comstock Act, named after Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock. Congress changed this title to "Post Office...
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During this time, Summit was the home of America's "antivice crusader", Anthony Comstock, who moved there about 1880 and built a house in 1892 at 35 Beekman...
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Characters of the BioShock series (redirect from Zachary Hale Comstock)
good. Comstock's name is possibly derived from Anthony Comstock, an early 20th century conservative politician known for his anti-obscenity Comstock laws...
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of Anthony Comstock with Heywood Broun. Leech died of a stroke in New York City at age 80. The Back of the Book (1924) Tin Wedding (1926) Anthony Comstock:...
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Botsford Comstock (1854–1930), U.S. artist, educator, and conservationist Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), U.S. moral reformer and namesake of the Comstock laws...
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politician Anthony Comstock. He lives in Arizona with his wife, Kathleen Comstock. He has three children, Christine Fox, Daniel Comstock and Alexandria...
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Candi Miller was held in Washington Square Park in Manhattan. In 1873, Anthony Comstock created the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, an institution...
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Myriantheus the Ottomans refused to recognize him as Bishop of Kyrenia. Anthony Comstock founded the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (NYSSV) in...
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permanent collection of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, after scandalising Anthony Comstock and his New York Society for the Suppression of Vice....
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crusader Anthony Comstock began a campaign to suppress vice. He found widespread support in Boston, particularly among upper-class officials. Comstock was...
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efforts of Anthony Comstock, whose intense lobbying led to the passage in 1873 of an anti-obscenity statute, known as the Comstock Act. Comstock was appointed...
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