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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.
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.
13 de may. de 2022 · Learn about Anthony Comstock, a devout Protestant who became a postal inspector and banned obscene, lewd or lascivious materials from the mail. Find out how he targeted contraception, abortion and free speech advocates and how his legacy lives on.
12 de abr. de 2023 · Learn how Anthony Comstock, a postal inspector and anti-vice activist, became the namesake of a law that bans obscene and abortifacient materials. Find out how his legacy is revived by the anti-abortion right wing and challenged by the Supreme Court.
2 de may. de 2016 · Learn about the life and times of Anthony Comstock, a self-righteous crusader who tried to censor all the mail in America. He was a chronic masturbator, a YMCA secretary, a postal inspector, and a persecutor of pornographers, suffragettes, and contraception advocates.
