Editing Oneida Community (section)

=== Outside criticism ===

In 1870, a "nineteenth century cultural critic" Dr. John B. Ellis wrote a book against Free Love communities that Noyes inspired, including "[[Anarchism|Individual Sovereigns]], [[Berlin Heights, Ohio|Berlin Heights]] Free Lovers, [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualists]], [[Women's suffrage in the United States|Advocates of Woman Suffrage]], or Friends of [[Divorce in the United States#19th century|Free Divorce]]".{{sfn |Ellis |1870 |pp=10–13}}{{sfn |Fischer |2001 |p=[https://archive.org/details/pantaloonspowern0000fisc/page/72 58]}} He saw their joint goal to be ending marriage. Dr. Ellis described this as an attack on the prevailing moral order.{{sfn |Ellis |1870 |pp=10–13}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2018}} Historian Gayle Fischer mentions that Dr. Ellis also criticized Oneida women's clothing as "healthful' uniforms did not rid Oneida women of their 'peculiar air of unhealthiness' — brought on by "sexual excess."{{sfn |Fischer |2001 |p=[https://archive.org/details/pantaloonspowern0000fisc/page/72 58]}}

Noyes responded to Ellis' criticism four years later in a pamphlet, ''Dixon and His Copytists'', where he claimed that Dr. John B. Ellis is a pseudonym for a "literary gentleman living in the upper part of the city."{{sfn |Noyes |1871 |pp=37–39}} Noyes argued that AMS press employed the writer after they read a Philadelphia paper article on the community and saw a chance to profit off sensationalist writing.{{sfn |Noyes |1871 |pp=37–39}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2018}}