{"product_id":"the-man-who-hated-women-sex-censorship-and-civil-liberties-in-the-gilded-age-paperback","title":"The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Sohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 Best History Books of 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating . . . Purity is in the mind of the beholder, but beware the man who vows to protect yours.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --Margaret Talbot, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. His eponymous law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. The word \u003ci\u003eComstockery \u003c\/i\u003ecame to connote repression and prudery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 1873 and Comstock's death in 1915, eight remarkable women were charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws. These \"sex radicals\" supported contraception, sexual education, gender equality, and women's right to pleasure. They took on the fearsome censor in explicit, personal writing, seeking to redefine work, family, marriage, and love for a bold new era. In \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Hated Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Sohn tells the overlooked story of their valiant attempts to fight Comstock in court and in the press. They were publishers, writers, and doctors, and they included the first woman presidential candidate, Victoria C. Woodhull; the virgin sexologist Ida C. Craddock; and the anarchist Emma Goldman. In their willingness to oppose a monomaniac who viewed reproductive rights as a threat to the American family, the sex radicals paved the way for second-wave feminism. Risking imprisonment and death, they redefined birth control access as a civil liberty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Hated Women \u003c\/i\u003ebrings these women's stories to vivid life, recounting their personal and romantic travails alongside their political battles. Without them, there would be no Pill, no Planned Parenthood, no \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e. This is the forgotten history of the women who waged war to control their bodies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Sohn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eProspect Park West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e. A former columnist at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, she has also written for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a writing fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts, Art Omi, and the Studios at MASS MoCA. A native New Yorker, she lives in Brooklyn with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.58 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759504130336,"sku":"9781250174833","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec06f013b3a025f57631e5bb8ea86e7e.webp?v=1780154718","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-man-who-hated-women-sex-censorship-and-civil-liberties-in-the-gilded-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}