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How Would You Uplift the Masses?, February 4, 1892
Addams describes the efforts of Hull-House in a speech to the Sunset Club in Chicago.
What is the Greatest Menace to Twentieth Century Progress?, February 14, 1901
Addams explores lessons learned from the 19th century, and sees the greatest menace for the future as the lack of faith in the people and an over reliance on national pride.
One Menace to the Century, February 14, 1901
Addams explores lessons learned from the 19th century, and sees the greatest menace for the future as the lack of faith in the people and an over reliance on national pride.
A New Democracy, August 21, 1902
Charles Love criticizes the tendency of employers and employees to have separate lives outside the shop door, and he seeks a new social order in which they would interact at work and outside of work.
Address to the Initiative and Referendum League, October 26, 1902 (excerpts)
Addams discusses the benefits to having a referendum system.
Educational Methods, January 15, 1904
Addams discusses the role of education in the lives of working class children. This is an excerpt from her book Democracy and Social Ethics.
Problems of Municipal Administration, January 1905 Also known as Municipal Administration, September 1904
Addams finds the causes for breakdowns in municipal administration in eighteenth century idealism that foundered against nineteenth century increases in population, industry and commerce. This speech was originally given on September 25, 1904 at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis, MO.
Problems of Municipal Administration, 1906
Addams finds the causes for breakdowns in municipal administration in eighteenth century idealism that foundered against nineteenth century increases in population, industry and commerce. The speech was originally given on September 25, 1904 at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis, MO.
The Higher Patriotism, October 7, 1904
Addams defines a new patriotism as one that tries new things and takes risks to do what it right. The speech was given at the International Peace Conference in Boston.
Address at the Civic Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 1, 1905
Addams discusses the role of public education in fostering democracy. The speech was given during the closing session of the General Congress of Religions, on June 1, and published on July 27.
Margaret Angela Haley to Jane Addams, May 4, 1906
Haley wishes to imbue to Addams that she is passionate about the plight of the public school and that she wishes to do everything she can to save this last piece of democracy she sees.
Newer Ideals of Peace, January 5, 1907
Addams publishes the first chapter of Newer Ideals of Peace, in Charities and the Commons, arguing for a new approach to peace propaganda. She makes a direct appeal to sentiments and opinions to oppose the exploitation of the weak and to reject of blind militarism.
Samuel H. Bishop to Jane Addams, April 19, 1907
Bishop praises Addams on Newer Ideals of Peace, especially the arguments about religion and democracy.
Why Women Should Vote, January 1910
Addams argues for women to have the vote in order that they may continue to perform their duties to family and to home in the modern world, where responsibilities, like feeding their children and keeping them safe, are no long directly within their control.
Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Echoes of the Russian Revolution, September 1910
Addams talks about the settlement as a bulwark against anti-immigrant persecution, using examples of Russian anarchists.
Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, January 7, 1911
McLaughlin asks Addams to write an article on Democracy and Social Ethics for the Cyclopedia of American Government.
Address on Civic Associations, January 12, 1912 (excerpts)
An excerpt from Addams's remarks at a January 12 City Club Housewarming, focused on Civic Associations' Night, where she discusses how civic associations can be bridges to connect diverse communities.
Frank Patrick Walsh to Julia Clifford Lathrop, October 4, 1912
Walsh tells Lathrop that all three political parties have agreed to use public school buildings for political discussions.
The Progressive Party and the Negro, November 1912
Addams explains her support for African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference? February 1, 1913 (fragment)
Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.
Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference, February 1, 1913
Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.
Charles Zueblin to Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, July 1913 Also known as A Progressive Labor Policy
Zueblin argues that a deliberate labor policy from the Progressive Party is the key to its survival.
Congressional Testimony on Woman Suffrage, December 3, 1913
Testimony of Addams and Anna Shaw before a Congressional Committee on Rules regarding woman's suffrage.
Democracy and Social Ethics, 1914
Addams argues that it is the responsibility of a democracy to care about the social needs of its citizens.
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