Chapter 5. “Whether You Like Pictures or Not”: The General Federation of Women’s Clubs and State Censorship Legislation, 1916–1920

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. The Origins of the Anticensorship Movement 1
5. Chapter 1. The Lesser of Two Evils: Debating Motion Picture Censorship, 1907–1912 8
6. Chapter 2 . “Critical and Constructive”: The National Board’s “Standards” and City Plan for Voluntary Motion Picture Review, 1912–1916 29
7. Chapter 3. “An Historical Presentation”: The Birth of a Nation and the City Plan, 1909–1917 51
8. Chapter 4 . “Is Any Girl Safe?” White Slave Traffic Films and the Geography of Censorship, 1914–1917 64
9. Chapter 5. “Whether You Like Pictures or Not”: The General Federation of Women’s Clubs and State Censorship Legislation, 1916–1920 84
10. Chapter 6. Southern Enterprises: Building Better Films Committees in the Urban South, 1921–1924 100
11. Conclusion. Censorship and the Age of Self-Regulation, 1924–1968 127
12. Appendix. A Partial List of Cities Cooperating with the National Board of Review, 1918 139
13. Notes 141
14. Bibliography 181
15. Index 193