This book chronicles the struggles of the Drs. Foote, examining not just their efforts to further individual rights and women's health but also the larger issues surrounding free speech and censorship in the Gilded Age of American history.
This book chronicles the struggles of the Drs. Foote, examining not just their efforts to further individual rights and women's health but also the...
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,...
Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to interpretation by courts that...
