Against obscenity : reform and the politics of womanhood in America, 1873-1935 / Leigh Ann Wheeler.

Author/creator Wheeler, Leigh Ann, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Women social reformers--United States. --History. --19th century.
Women social reformers--United States. --History. --20th century.
Obscenity (Law)--United States. --History. --19th century.
Obscenity (Law)--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Moral conditions. --History. --19th century.
United States--Moral conditions. --History. --20th century.

SeriesReconfiguring American political history
Reconfiguring American political history. ^A367365
Contents "Protect the Innocent!": Men, Women, and Anti-Obscenity Activism, 1873-1911 -- Dressing Elsie: Women's Theater Reform, 1912-1919 -- "Censorship Does Not Protect": Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1919-1922 -- "Woman vs. Woman": The Leading Ladies of Motion Picture Reform, 1923-1930 -- "We Don't Want Our Boys and Girls in a Place of that Kind:" Women's Burlesque reform, 1925-1934 -- "Thinking as a Woman and of Women": Sex Education, Obscenity's Antidote 1925-1934 -- "Sinful Girls Lead:" Crises in Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1932-1934 -- "'Catholic Action' is Blazing a Spectacular Trail!": The Collapse of Women's Anti-Obscenity Leadership, 1934-1935 -- Conclusion. Anti-Obscenity Reform and Women's History.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-234) and index.
LCCN 2003006240
ISBN0801878020 (alk. paper)