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Rowe, the secretary for Illinois Governor Richard Yates Jr., writes to acknowledge receiving Addams' letter regarding Florence Kelley, and to arrange a meeting in Springfield.

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Addams testifies that the system of child labor destroys genius, and how work on the stage damages children.

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Addams makes a reasoned argument against a bill in the Illinois State Senate that would make child actors exmept from the provision of the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law.

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Addams led a contingent to oppose efforts to exclude child actors from child labor laws. She testified before the State Senate committee considering the bill, along with Will J. Davis (speaking for the bill), Mrs. Coonley-Ward, Mrs. A. T. Aldrich, Margaret Halsey, and Anna Nichols.

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A published version of Addams' lecture on March 11 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she presents arguments against an exception to the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law for child actors and offers some Tolstoyan allegory to buttress her arguments.

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Addams writes Persons about the limitations of a new Illinois law to provide aid for poor parents with children.

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A reminder to register to vote and listing of candidates for the trustees of the State University, an election which Illinois women were allowed to vote. Also includes biographical information about the candidates.

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Prosser gives Cooley feedback and approval of a law that Cooley has written to found vocational schools in Illinois.

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Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

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Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

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Addams gives a eulogy that highlights Wilmarth's good deeds.

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A description of the Illinois Vigilance Association's new campaign.

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A clipping that discusses the work of the Illinois Vigilance Association.

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Addams asks Blaine to support a campaign to defeat an Illinois law that would loosen restrictions on child labor.

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An argument for the defeat of an Illinois bill that would loosen restrictions on child labor.

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Addams tells Browne stories about John Altgeld for a biography he is writing.

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Addams writes Sedgwick about Archibald Bowen's article on psychiatric care in Illinois.

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