
SHGAPE
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The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Check out June's roundup of Gilded Age & Progressive Era blogs and articles from around the web! āForty Acres and a Lie,ā Nellie Bly, Coca-Cola & racism, a dangerous flying machine, new database for African American genealogy, historical cat photos, & more blog.shgape.org/minding-the-gaā¦


Over the next several weeks, the SHGAPE Blog will be publishing a timely forum from an upcoming issue of @JournalGAPE on the history & legacy of Anthony Comstock & the #ComstockLaws. Read the intro here & look for a new post next week: blog.shgape.org/anthony-comsto⦠#twitterstorians

In the latest post in our #ComstockLaws forum, Andrew Wender Cohen considers Comstockās campaign against vice a response to #Reconstruction, backed by wealthy patrons engaged in political fighting over issues incl. racial equality, taxation, & democracy blog.shgape.org/comstock-reconā¦


The #ComstockAct was first&foremost a law about obscenity & sexual purity, not a total abortion ban: @lmacthompson1 emphasizes this in a new forum post, exploring the ācomplicated medico-legal regimeā revealed by the Actās legislative & enforcement history blog.shgape.org/abortion-contrā¦


Enforcement of the #ComstockAct depended on state-level ālittle #Comstock lawsā & private anti-vice societies. Next in our #ComstockLaws forum, Magdalene Zier spotlights one understudied arm of this apparatus: Robert W. McAfee, the āComstock of Chicago" blog.shgape.org/robert-w-mcafeā¦

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 blog.shgape.org/minding-the-gaā¦

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 blog.shgape.org/targeting-victā¦


The final post in our #ComstockLaws forum is up! In addition to reading & assigning the posts in this series, instructors may want to bring the discussion into their classes w/ primary sources. Kimberly A. Hamlin introduces a few accessible & rich options: blog.shgape.org/understanding-ā¦

CFP: Global GAPE special issue of @JournalGAPE-seeking essays that critically examine the period 1860-1920s by underscoring the int'l dimensions in the study of U.S. history & the USās growing global worldview & connections. Submissions due 12/15. Details: networks.h-net.org/group/announceā¦

New post! David Macleod covers the politics of #inflation. In the 1910s, as today, the high #CostOfLiving defied ready remedy & pres. administrations faced the most criticism. Debates of the 1912 & 1920 elections are still key to understand this #election: blog.shgape.org/high-cost-of-lā¦

This #Election2024, read up on the history of elections, including the propaganda of 19thC ballots... or cozy up instead w/ a fun look at historical pillow covers. All in our latest roundup of GAPE blog posts & articles from around the web blog.shgape.org/minding-the-ga⦠#twitterstorians



