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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

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, Thomas William Allinson, Cyrus Bentley, 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 Women

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

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

Government Labor Women

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 Women

James A. Tawney to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, January 31, 1906

Tawney confirms that he will consider a study of women's labor and appropriation authorization is approved.

Government Labor Women

Charles P. Neill to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, January 30, 1906

Neill telegrams Breckinridge that he thinks it best to secure an appropriation for a study on women workers before created a detailed plan.

Government Labor Women

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, February 3, 1906

Breckinridge returns some materials about the lobbying for an investigation of working conditions for women and discusses the status of the work.

Government Labor Women

Charles P. Neill to Jane Addams, January 29, 1906

Neill offers Addams advice and assistance in securing an investigation of the condition of women workers.

Government Labor Requests Women

Simon N. D. North to Theodore Roosevelt, December 7, 1905

North discusses the availability of data on woman and child labor held by the Census Bureau and their efforts to compile it.

Children Labor Women

Simon N. D. North to Jane Addams, December 9, 1905

North wrote to Addams about Theodore Roosevelt's complaint that there was insufficient data on women and children's employment, and asks for her help with a plan.

Labor

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