May 28, 2024 · “Books are feeders for brothels.” — Anthony Comstock. The moral crusader came in for some mockery and was frequently the butt of cartoonist's jokes. His campaign was even …

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Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s is a compilation of jokes and stories recorded to wax cylinders during the 1890s. At the time the recordings were made, …

Dec 1, 2020 · 1906 cartoon titled "St. Anthony Comstock, the Village nuisance," depicts Comstock as a monk thwarting shameless displays of excessive flesh, whether that of women, horses, or …

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Apr 2, 2013 · As head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, the crusading, book-burning Mr. Comstock deemed himself the country's foremost guardian of public morality for …

May 1, 2024 · Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) is one of the reasons Americans are so squicky about abortion, birth control, pornography, and sexuality in general. While his title was United …

In 1905, after Comstock had alerted the New York police to the content of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warrens Profession, Shaw observed that "Comstockery is the world's …

"George Bernard Shaw used the term "comstockery", meaning 'censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality', after Comstock alerted the New York City police to the content of …

Anthony Comstock (/ ˈkʌmstɒk, ˈkɒm -/; 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 …