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Emily Greene Balch, Chrystal Macmillan, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann, and Rosika Schwimmer to Carl Theodor Zahle, May 28, 1915

The International Congress of Women asks Denmark to join in a conference of neutral nations to help bring an end to World War I.

Arbitration Denmark Internationalism Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Frederick Dunlap, September 20, 1914

Addams thanks Dunlap for visiting the Country Club and puts his suggestions into action.

Hull-House Thanks

Anne Henrietta Martin to Jane Addams, September 19, 1914

Martin asks Addams to visit Nevada for two days in October.

Lectures Travels

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 15, 1914

Kellogg suggests that Addams get in touch with Elizabeth Tilton to help with the peace work in Boston. He also discusses plans for a peace meeting with an eye to holding a national meeting later.

Conferences Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, September 15, 1914

Addams praises Kellogg's peace plans and discusses her reluctant approval of a plan by Rosika Schwimmer.

Death Peace Requests Writing

Florence Wells Young to Nevin A. Detrich, September 14, 1914

Young explains that Addams will not be able to accept Detrick's invitation to come to Pennsylvania.

Lectures Requests Woman Suffrage

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, September 12, 1914

Lanthrop asks Addams for help with a pamphlet on sex education.

Requests Sex Hygiene Writing

Jane Addams to June Rose Colby, September 12, 1914

Addams thanks Colby for a donation for woman suffrage work.

Thanks

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 11, 1914

Kellogg describes the events at the First Governors' Conference and the activities of the peace movement and the upcoming Governor's Conference in Madison.

Conferences Peace Requests Writing

A. Nevin Detrich to Jane Addams, September 10, 1914

Detrich invites Addams to come to Pennsylvania to support Gifford Pinchot's political campaign.

Politics Progressive Party Requests

Houghton Mifflin Company to Jane Addams, September 3, 1914

Houghton Mifflin thanks Addams for her endorsement.

Thanks Writing

On the Common Highway, May 10, 1907

A short quote by Addams on social ethics.

Morality Social Reform

Comments on Louis Satt Case, January 14, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams weighs in on the sentencing of Louis Satt, the brother of a Hull-House student.

Crime Hull-House

The Lack of Public Recreation in Our Cities, December 20, 1908 (excerpt)

The Houston Post summarizes Addams' statesments on the need for public recreation for girls.

Child Welfare Public Works

Our Public Schools, February 21, 1909 (excerpt)

An excerpt from Addams's 1897 speech to the National Educational Association on the indoctrination of children into industry.

Business Child Labor Education

Miss Jane Addams Tells More about Women Foreigners, February 21, 1909

Addams argues that when women vote, they help to improve protection for children and to the general public.

Child Welfare Lectures Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams Says that American Women are Slower, March 19, 1909

In terms of securing their rights, Addams argues that women in America lag behind their European counterparts.

Lectures Social Reform Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Woman Suffrage Is Needed in Chicago, March 24, 1909

Addams discusses the movement for municipal suffrage for women in Chicago, arguing that it will help improve schools, public health, and sanitation.

Education Public Health Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

The Reaction of Moral Instruction upon Social Reform, April 4, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams speaks to the Chicago Sinai congregation on the value of theater for moral teaching of the young.

Children Education Lectures Morality Theater

Statement on Recreation Piers, April 11, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams advocates for public recreational spaces for the benefit of all.

Children Lectures Public Works Recreation

The Relation of Club Women to Social Problems, April 15, 1905 (excerpt)

In a speech before the Chicago Women's Association. Addams complains that college women are disinclined toward philanthropy.

Education Gender Roles Lectures Philanthropy Social Reform

The Whole Duty of Man, June 3, 1906

Addams argues that strict gender roles for mothers and fathers are not useful.

Gender Roles Social Reform

Comments at National Juvenile Protection Association Founding, June 9, 1906 (excerpt)

At the inaugural meeting of the National Juvenile Protection Association held at Hull-House, Addams argues that the police should become educated about the needs of children.

Crime Juvenile Delinquency Lectures

Statement on the Harry Thaw Trial, February 15, 1907

Addams chastises newspapers for glamorizing the story of Harry Thaw, an heir to a railroad fortune who killed his wife's lover.

Crime Morality

Straton, Rev. Dr. John Roach (1875-1929)

Books Education Illinois Politics Religion Writings

Thaw, Harry Kendall (1871 - 1947)

Of Interest To Women, February 10, 1907 (extract)

An excerpt from a letter by Addams, Lillian Wald and Mary McDowell to labor unions, seeking an investigation of working conditions for women and children.

Child Labor Labor Research