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Comstock, Anthony
99 words, approx. 1 pages (born March 7, 1844, New Canaan, Conn., U.S.—died Sept. 21, 1915, New York, N.Y.) U.S. social reformer. He was an early agitator against abortion and pornography, lobbying successfully for the enactment (1873) of a severe federal statute...
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Anthony Comstock Information
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 Anthony Comstock (March 7 1844 - September 21 1915) was a former United States Postal Inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian...



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 The Nation
From Comstockery to Helmsmanship. (censorship, Anthony Comstock and Jesse Helms)
10/01/1990: 2,308 words, approx. 8 pages From Comstockery To Helmsmanship The morals of the nation's youth are threatened by "obscene, lewd and indecent" photographs "commonly, but mistakenly, called art." So-called artists, under the cloak of free expression, are producing material that "fans the flames of secret desires." In...
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Critical Essay by Mark I. West
3,914 words, approx. 13 pages
 In the following essay, West explores the psychological tensions behind the censorship campaign of the American reformer, Anthony Comstock.


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