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The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an organization of historians who study and promote knowledge of American history from the Reconstruction era through the aftermath of World War I. The society brings together academic, public, and independent historians, as well as scholars in other humanities and social-science disciplines interested in these decades and their issues.

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Next in our #ComstockLaws forum: the famous arrest of Madame Restell for selling contraceptives & abortifacients. Nicholas L. Syrett uses this case study to situate Anthony Comstock's opposition to abortion w/in his greater campaign against obscenity

Next in the #ComstockLaws forum, Allison K. Lange explores the visual debates that drove Anthony Comstock's targeting of Victoria Woodhull, the 1st woman to run for US pres. To Comstock, her thoughts on gender&sexuality made her dangerous #twitterstorians

The latest roundup of Gilded Age & Progressive Era content is here! In September's Minding the GAPE, read up on Anthony Comstock & Victoria Woodhull, religion & the economy, knickknacks & collectibles at historic sites, political cat postcards, & much more

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