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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.

Democracy Education England Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement Settlements

Statement on Jewish Peddlers, June 2, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams offers sympathy to Jewish peddlers at a meeting of the Chicago Protective League. This was excerpted from a longer article about the event.

Immigrants Lectures

Statement on Abraham Isaak and Chicago Anarchists, September 8, 1901

Addams asks the Mayor for permission to see Abraham Isaak and other anarchists arrested in the wake of the McKinley assassination.

Anarchism Courts Crime Immigrants

Comments on Abraham Isaak, September 9, 1901

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Crime Crime Enforcement Immigrants

Statement on Abraham Isaak, September 10, 1901

Newspaper coverage of Addams' statements involving her interest in the case of anarchist Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Civil Rights Immigrants Politics

Address to the National Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches, September 25, 1901 Also known as The Church and the Social Problem, September 25, 1901

Addams recalls the different difficulties in creating an inviting and educational space for Italian immigrants.

Hull-House Immigrants Italy Lectures Social Work

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First Report of the Labor Museum at Hull House, 1902

Addams provides an overview of the activities of the Hull-House Labor Museum, complete with illustrations of weaving. The sixteen-page report discusses the weaving and cloth-making techniques of various immigrants who live in the Hull-House neighborhood.

Children Crafts Education Hull-House Immigrants Labor

Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Address to Franklin Street Settlement, March 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams speaks to the Franklin Street Settlement in Detroit about working in a settlement.

Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Delinquent Children, May 31, 1902

Addams addresses the Merchants Club of Chicago regarding the stealing and gambling habits of young, immigrant boys.

Child Welfare Children Gambling Immigrants Poverty Youth

Testimony on Chicago Building Ordinances, June 2, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need for better building regulations to prevent tenement fires.

Housing Immigrants

The Housing Problem in Chicago, July 1902

Addams argues that tenement conditions are bad and that regulations are needed to prevent worsening conditions.

Housing Immigrants Social Welfare

Arts and Crafts and the Settlement, July 8, 1902

An excerpt of Addams' lecture on how settlement houses give people opportunities to practice arts and crafts, an important activity for immigrants afraid of losing their cultural heritage.

Hull-House Immigrants Microfilm Settlements