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The Struggle for Free Speech in the United States, 1872-1915 - Edward Bliss Foote, Edward Bond Foote, and Anti-Comstock Operations (Paperback)
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The Struggle for Free Speech in the United States, 1872-1915 - Edward Bliss Foote, Edward Bond Foote, and Anti-Comstock Operations (Paperback)
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
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Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from
the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to
interpretation by courts that were hostile to free speech.
Literature that reflected changing attitudes toward sexuality,
religion, and social institutions fell victim to the Comstock Act
and related state laws. Dr. Edward Bliss Foote became among the
earliest individuals convicted under the law after he mailed a
brochure on birth-control methods. For the next four decades, Foote
Sr. and his son, Dr. Edward Bond Foote, challenged the Comstock Act
in Congress, legislatures, and courts and also offered personal
assistance to Comstock defendants. This book chronicles the Footes'
struggle, examining not just the efforts of these cruising
champions of freedom of expression and women's rights, but also the
larger issues surrounding free speech and censorship in the Gilded
Age of American history.
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