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200 14$aThe struggle for free speech in the United States, 1872-1915$b[electronic resource] $eEdward Bliss Foote, Edward Bond Foote, and anti-Comstock operations /$fJanice Ruth Wood
210   $aNew York ;$aLondon $cRoutledge$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (156 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in American popular history and culture
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Historical Background; Chapter Three Legal Encounters with Comstock; Chapter Four Free-Speech Organizational Activities; Chapter Five Personal Involvement in Free-Speech Cases; Chapter Six Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aPassed 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
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