Against obscenity : reform and the politics of womanhood in America, 1873-1935

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

Author/creator	Wheeler, Leigh Ann, 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2004.
Description	xiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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.

Series	Reconfiguring 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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-234) and index.
LCCN	2003006240
ISBN	0801878020 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ1419 .W45 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold