Against Obscenity
Subtitle: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873--1935 (Reconfiguring American Political History)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780801878022
Subjects: Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Political Science; History; Gender Studies; United States - General; Politics/International Relations; USA; General; Women's Studies - General; History / United States / General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; 19th century; Obscenity (Law); United States; Women social reformers
First sentence: "I can imagine nothing," Julia Ward Howe declared in 1873, "more important than the careful and rigid enforcement of the laws" against obscenity.