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Commentary on Jane Addams lettter, June 12, 1912

The Mirror publishes Addams' letter of May 4 and criticizes Addams support for censoring motion pictures.

Criticism Free Speech Theater

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 18, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Wilson to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Government Immigration Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams et al. to Louis Freeland Post, October 18, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Post to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Government Immigration Requests Woman Suffrage

Statement on Hull House Speakers, February 1, 1915 (excerpt)

Addams avows that there is no "blacklist" for speakers at Hull House, denying a rumor that radical thinkers were not welcome.

Free Speech Hull-House Labor Socialism

Jane Addams to Woodrow Wilson, February 21, 1917

Addams calls Wilson's attention to a congressional bill on espionage which she believes threatens the freedoms of US citizens.

Democracy Free Speech Legislation Requests

Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee on the Espionage Bill, April 9, 1917

Addams testifies in opposition to a proposed bill that would censor anti-war speech before the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary.

Censorship Free Speech Government Patriotism Peace World War I

Alice Stone Blackwell to Jane Addams, April 14, 1917

Blackwell sends Addams a reply from Catherine Breshkovsky. and applauds Addams' recent defense of free speech.

Free Speech Republican Party

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, April 16, 1917

Addams and others ask Wilson to ensure that free speech and democratic values are not lost during the war.

Censorship Free Speech Government Peace World War I

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Roger Nash Baldwin, March 13, 1918

Karsten asks Baldwin not to use Addams's name with the Liberty Defense Union until she has agreed to have it used.

Civil Rights Memberships Requests

Statement on the Auditorium Theater Meeting, January 24, 1920

Addams defends the Auditorium Theater event after hearing that the government might investigate.

Anti-radicalism Free Speech Government

Jane Addams to Ernest Harvier, February 3, 1920

Addams tells Harvier that she believes the apathy regarding civil liberties is slowing declining.

Civil Rights Public Opinion

Jane Addams to Robert A. Gunn, February 18, 1920

Addams defends herself against Gunn's charges of radicalism.

Criticism

Speech at Auditorium Recital Hall, February 21, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams opposes the efforts of the government to deport immigrant radicals.

Anti-radicalism Government Immigrants Lectures

Speech at Auditorium Recital Hall, February 21, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams and Catt opposes the efforts of the government to deport immigrant radicals because of their political beliefs.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism Free Speech Government Immigrants Lectures

James Gorton to Jane Addams, February 23, 1920

Gorton supports Addams' remarks on the deportation of aliens and woman suffrage.

Anti-radicalism Free Speech Lectures Woman Suffrage

The Immigrant and Social Unrest, April 19, 1920

Addams discusses the relationship between immigrants and social unrest. This speech was given at the National Conference on Social Work in New Orleans.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Democracy Free Speech Immigrants Immigration Labor Lectures Social Class Social Welfare Social Work

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, May 15, 1920

Addams sends Kellogg an article on free speech and notes the lack of publicity for it in the United States.

Free Speech

Speech to the American Friends Service Committee Reunion, June 24, 1920

Addams discusses changes in American civil liberties after World War I.

Free Speech Immigrants Lectures Nationalism Patriotism

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