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Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age
Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age | Amy Sohn
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The New York Times-bestselling author Amy Sohn presents a narrative history of Anthony Comstock, anti-vice activist and U.S. Postal Inspector, and the remarkable women who opposed his war on women's rights at the turn of the twentieth (…more)
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MaggieCarr
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This book took me three weeks to read because I'd be so riled up at his antics. DO NOT READ IF YOU NEED TO MONITOR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE IT WILL BOIL!

Anthony Comstock can be described in a lot of ways and many, many adjectives in front of those ways. 8 women pushed back- a publisher, an editor, a doctor, a writer, the first female presidential candidate, a birth control activist, and others, and paid the price for their feminism ideals.

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Amie
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A history of Anthony Comstock, the women who fought against him and fell victim to his overly zealous crusade. It's infuriating that one man had such a huge influence and that it took so long for society to progress beyond that influence... And now our society seems to be regressing back to the same sort of repressive attitude.

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Gina
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Ooooff... nice move Dr. Sara Chase