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Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, August 7, 1922

Mead updates Addams about her activities for peace and her husband's political views.

Conferences Foreign Policy Peace Politics

William Freeman Snow to Jane Addams, September 30, 1922

Snow tells Addams that it is likely that the United States will send an official observer to the League of Nations.

League of Nations United States

Jane Addams to William Kent, July 6, 1922

Addams thanks Kent for the work he is doing on resource allotment in California.

Environment Government

Jane Addams to Lucy Biddle Lewis, May 24, 1922

Addams tells Lewis about Jeannette Rankin's interest in working with WILPF.

Government Immigration Jobs Peace

William Edward Dodd to Jane Addams, January 29, 1922

Dodd suggests some ideas to Addams about a chapter of the manuscript for Peace and Bread in Time of War.

History Peace Politics United States War World War I Writings

Testimony Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, January 11, 1921

Brown testifies on behalf of the United States Section of WILPF for a dramatic reduction in U.S. military spending and and for universal disarmament.

Conscription Disarmament Finances Government Japan Mexico Military Peace Preparedness Racism Taxes World War I

Warren Gamaliel Harding to Jane Addams, February 20, 1921

Harding tells Addams that he can't announce it formally, but his administration will support WILPF resolutions regarding the League of Nations.

Foreign Policy Government League of Nations Peace United States

Emily Greene Balch to Stephen Pierce Hayden Duggan, January 13, 1921

Balch asks Duggan for help establishing a commission to investigate the economic situation in Germany.

Foreign Policy Germany Government Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Kathleen Elizabeth Royds, March 13, 1920

Addams advises Innes against sending Austrians to approach Congress to avoid the perception of foreign interference.

Government Peace Prisoners of War

Paul Jones to Jane Addams, January 29, 1919

Jones sends Addams an enclosure (not found) that makes fun of the government listing of Addams as a person who had not helped win the war.

Criticism Government Public Opinion

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, August 12, 1917

Mead writes about upcoming programs and potential dates in this letter to Addams.

Government Peace

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams April 21, 1917

Thomas updates Addams on lobbying efforts and her upcoming travels.

Australia Government Peace World War I

Ida Minerva Tarbell to Jane Addams, January 26, 1917

Tarbell tells Addams why she declined a position on the United States Tariff Board.

Government Health

U.S. Senate Concurrent Resolution, January 16, 1916

McCumber drafts a Senate resolution empowering President Wilson to call an international conference to create a world government and international laws.

Diplomacy Foreign Policy Internationalism Peace World War I

The Attack on War, September 18, 1921

Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. The speech was given at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London and then published.

Economy Education Foreign Policy Industry Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Military Peace Russia Taxes Unemployment War

Disarmament and Life, September 18, 1921

Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. She gave the speech at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London on September 18, 1921.

Economy Foreign Policy Industry Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Military Peace Russia War

Ethical Economics, September 1, 1915

This paper focuses on the relationship between ethics, economics, government, and religion.

Economics Ethics Government Lectures Religion

Federal Department of Labor Proposed Reorganization in Relation to Immigration, June 25, 1913

The Department of Labor proposes a reorganization of work for immigrants.

Government Immigration

Jane Addams to Woodrow Wilson, May 20, 1914

Addams telegrams the president asking him to hear the Ludlow delegation about the violence done to striking workers.

Crime Government Labor Requests

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, August 26, 1913

The Chicago branch of the NAACP protests the Wilson administration's apparent racial discrimination in the federal civil service.

Government Jobs Politics Race Racism Requests

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, August 25, 1913

Addams tells Breckinridge that she has doubts that discrimination against African-Americans in the federal government is increasing.

Government Racism

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, August 18, 1913

Villard requests support in opposing the Wilson administration's efforts to segregate the federal government.

Government Racism Requests

Jane Addams to William Howard Taft, November 20, 1911

Addams asks for Taft's support on a bill to establish a Child Labor Bureau.

Child Labor Child Welfare Legislation Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Jonathan P. Dolliver, November 25, 1909

Addams urges Senator Dolliver to support a bill in Congress to create the Federal Children’s Bureau.

Courts Legislation Politics Youth

H. R. 17562, March 30, 1906

The text of a bill authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate and report upon the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical conditions of women and child workers in the United States.

Child Labor Government Legislation Politics

Henry Cabot Lodge to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, February 1, 1906

Lodge agrees to assist Breckinridge with her study of women's labor.

Government Labor

William Boyd Allison to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, February 1, 1906

Allison offers to help with passing an appropriation for a study on women and labor, but notes that it must come from Charles McNeill at the Department of Commerce and Labor.

Government Labor