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Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Addams and De Bey urge Chicago clubwomen to visit factories to see the working conditions for children and discuss a measure that will make it more difficult to keep children out of school.

Addams proposes changes to the child labor and compulsory education laws for endorsement to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs.

Addams discussed the ills of child labor at a meeting of interested people in Chicago.

Addams discusses the benefits to having a referendum system.

Reports the creation of a resolution by the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs to name Jane Addams to President Roosevelt's commission to settle a miner's strike.

Addams exhorts members of the Chicago Political Equality League to work against child labor and towards educating the poor.

Addams discusses the education of immigrants

Addams tells stories of pioneers in Chicago that her father told her.

Addams attends the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Negro Exposition and comments that in future the work of women will equal that of men.

Addams responds to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews provocative statement that unmarried individuals "have no place in society nor in the scheme of the universe." This is part of a longer article that quotes many people.

Addams discusses the Hull-House Labor Museum and the effect of factories on craftsmanship.

Addams discusses the settlement house's role as a charity and the means by which it appeals to the poor. She spoke at the Decatur Chautauqua.

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

Addams reflects on the railroad crash she endured and gives her impressions of the General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting.

A summary of Addams's speech on saloons before the League for Political Education in New York argues for limiting, not stopping, the sale of liquor.

A description of services for John Altgeld, including quotes from Addams and Clarence Darrow's speeches.

Addams answers questions from the audience about efforts to prevent war or national competition. The speech was given to the Daughters of the Revolution.

Addams discusses the role of neighborhood centers can play in fostering community.

Addams dismisses comic valentines as coarse at a meeting of the Ravenswood Woman's Club.

Addams and Bodine discuss changes needed in compulsory education rules to make them more effective.

A summary of Addams' talk on Tolstoy and settlements, given at the First Unitarian Church in Minneapolis.

Addams, Thomas, and Gunsaulus decry the proposal of H. H. Powers to exterminate the feeble-minded for the benefit of the strong.

Addams remarks on an altercation between Clement Pfuetzner and socialists meeting at Hull House.

Addams discusses the evils of the sweatshop system and urges women to look for the union label when shopping for goods.

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

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

Addams and Henrotin discuss the need to form a union for housewives at a meeting of the Chicago Workingwoman's Association.

Addams disputes a claim that a settlement house based on Hull-House was to be established in Paris.

Addams and Thomas argue why boys 14 and younger should be sent to school rather than work as messengers.

Women argue against setting a weekly salary of $2,50 because it was not sufficient to health and well-being.

Addams discussed the role of schools in preparing children for life in a speech at the Ethical Society.

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