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Diary, 1901

Jane Addams' diary.

Family Travels

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Diary, 1902

Jane Addams' diary

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The Social Problem of the College Graduate (excerpts), March 19, 1904

Addams encourages college women at Wellesley to use their educations to improve the lives of immigrants.

Education Immigrants Lectures Social Work

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Eulogy of Gordon Dewey, September-October 1904

Addams' eulogy for Gordon Dewey, who died at eight years of age.

Children Death Eulogies Friends

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Unknown to Jane Addams, 1911 (fragment)

Gebount (name is difficult to read) praises Addams for her work.

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, February 1911

Addams writes Smith about her time with the Deweys and other activities in New York.

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, February 3, 1911

Addams apologizes for not writing and hopes Smith can meet her in Lakewood.

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, February 7, 1911

Addams writes Smith about her stay to New York and her difficulty writing.

Health Travels

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Why Women Should Vote, March 28, 1911

The second in a four-part series arguing for woman suffrage.

Politics Woman Suffrage

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Why Women Should Vote, March 29, 1911

Addams argues for woman suffrage claiming that women need to protect their legal rights.

Crime Enforcement Prostitution Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

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Blanche Bates to Jane Addams, April 21, 1911

Bates writes Addams in support of her work to ban child actors from the theater.

Child Labor Legislation Theater

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Jane Addams Owen Reed Lovejoy, ca. May 1911

Addams writes Lovejoy about the progress of a bill in the Illinois legislature that would exempt child actors from the Illinois Child Labor Law.

Child Labor Legislation

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 1911

Addams writes Lathrop about the Juvenile Court and instructions about the fresh air program.

Children Courts Onsite

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 14, 1911

Addams writes Lathrop about funding for the Fresh Air program and about a conference she is attending.

Conferences Help!Hull-House Onsite Philanthropy

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 20, 1911

Addams writes Lathrop about her health and plans for an upcoming event.

Health Onsite Visits

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 24, 1911

Addams writes Lathrop about her living arrangements at Hull House.

Hull-House Hull-House Residents Onsite

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, July 22, 1911

Addams writes Smith about camp business and visitors in Maine.

Hull-House Onsite Visits

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, August 7, 1911

Addams updates Lathrop on her stay in Maine and offers advice on Lathrop's work with the Juvenile Court in Chicago.

Health Help!Juvenile Delinquency Law

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Alice Hamilton to Jane Addams, August 14, 1911

Hamilton writes Addams for instructions on how to critique her manuscript of A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.

Help!Publishing Writing

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The Religious Life in America, September 23, 1911

A pamphlet of "press notices" on Wilhelm Müller's Religious Life in America (1911).

Publishing Religion

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Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, December 26, 1911

Addams writes Haldeman with news of family and an upcoming trip to Washington.

Family Health Holidays Onsite Travels

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The Church and the Social Evil, 1912

A reprint of Addams' speech to the Congress of Men and the Religion Forward Movement chastises the church for rejection aid to "fallen" women and asks for a return to the teachings of Jesus, who opened his heart to all sinners.

Crime Gambling Lectures Morality Prostitution Religion

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Votes for Women Theater Speech, April 1912

Addams' speech given between acts in Chicago theaters exhorts support for woman suffrage.

Lectures Theater Woman Suffrage

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The Church and the Social Evil, April 23, 1912

Addams' speech to the Congress of Men and the Religion Forward Movement chastises the church for rejection aid to "fallen" women and asks for a return to the teachings of Jesus, who opened his heart to all sinners. The speech was also published in Vigilance.

Crime Gambling Morality Prostitution Religion

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Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, September 11, 1912

Addams wants for Breckinridge to relay the attached letter to others and to try to arrange a meeting in Boston.

Meetings Requests

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Else Münsterberg to Jane Addams, September 28, 1912

Münsterberg updates Addams on her translation of Twenty Years at Hull House.

Books Publishing Requests

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The Song of the Child Slaves, ca. October 1912

Lyrics and music to "The Jane Addams Hymn," also entitled "The Song of the Child-Slaves." The song was performed by the Jane Addams Chorus.

Child Labor Labor Music Progressive Party

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Arthur Brisbane to Jane Addams, February 6, 1914

Brisbane informs Addams that he has written an editorial in the Chicago American proposing Addams becoming mayor of Chciago. He seeks a meeting to discuss her points on woman suffrage.

Praise Public Opinion Women's Rights