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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.
- Lillie (died as infant); Adele (adopted)
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- United States Postal Inspector
Anthony Comstock (* 7. März 1844 in New Canaan in Connecticut; † 21. September 1915) war zunächst oberster Postinspektor und später ein viktorianischen Moralvorstellungen verbundener Politiker in den USA.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7. Juli 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.
- Terry Gross
12. Apr. 2023 · Learn how Anthony Comstock, a 19th-century anti-sex crusader, became a role model for the Trump-appointed judge who tried to ban mifepristone, a drug used in abortions. Discover how Comstock censored art, literature, and birth control with his notorious law and his religious zeal.
- Ian Millhiser
2. Mai 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.
13. Mai 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.
