Society for the Suppression of Vice
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Sappho | This drew on a female type established in the bohemian fiction of Honoré de Balzac
, Eugène Sue
, and others. Daudet's novel was the source of a play by |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Muriel Jaeger | MJ
's next chapter deals with the male counterparts of the previous chapter's examples (Frederic Lamb
, but also Dugald Stewart
and Henry Brougham
), setting the Society for the Suppression of Vice
against... |
Timeline
1 June 1787
A Royal Proclamation against vice laid the first foundation for the Society for the Suppression of Vice
, founded in 1802.
By November 1802
The Society for the Suppression of Vice
was founded in London and grew into the gap left by the Proclamation Society
; ironically, it was often called the Vice Society.
1804
The membership of the Society for the Suppression of Vice
stood at 1200; from this date it shrank steadily.
By 1805
The Society for the Suppression of Vice
brought its first prosecutions to court.
About 1820
The Society for the Suppression of Vice
began to concentrate its efforts on the eradication of obscene printed materials.
1820
William Dugdale
established himself as a radical pressman; he later specialized in pornography.
1838
In aggressive anti-obscenity campaigns in this year, the Vice Society
claimed to reduce to twenty-three from ninety the number of establishments selling obscene material.
1868-1880
Over this period, the Vice Society
confiscated more than 250,000 obscene prints and photographs.
April 1878
London publisher Edward Truelove
was convicted after the Society for the Suppression of Vice
raided his premises and seized literature on birth control.
1880
After this date, the Vice Society
withdrew from its criminal prosecution of purveyors of obscenity.
August 1885
The most powerful social purity organization, the National Vigilance Association
, was founded.
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