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Statement at the Negro Exposition, August 27, 1902 (excerpt)

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

African-Americans

Statement on $2.50 Weekly Wage, April 4, 1901

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

Labor Lectures Poverty

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

Statement on Carrying Concealed Weapons, December 22, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams opposes citizens carrying concealed weapons.

Crime Legislation

Statement on Clement Pfuetzner, October 20, 1901 (excerpts)

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

Statement on Diplomats, October 23, 1915

Addams gives a statement clarifying her argument that diplomats are not the best people to negotiate the end of wars.

Diplomacy Peace World War I

Statement on High Schools, November 4, 1903

Addams argues for more high schools with better furnishings.

Children Education

Statement on Open Separation Contract, December 30, 1902

Addams refuses to be quoted about Frances Dickinson's ideas about marriage by contract.

Lectures Marital Relations

Statement on Paris Hull House, May 28, 1901

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

France Settlement Movement

Statement on the Ford Peace Ship, December 1, 1915

Addams is advised not to participate in the Ford Peace Ship due to poor health.

Health Peace

Statement on Train Wreck, May 12, 1902

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

Conferences Health Transportation Travels

Statement on Using Boys as Messengers, April 8, 1901

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

Child Labor

Statement on Widows Pensions, October 28, 1903

Addams discusses which widows can be granted scholarships for their children.

Child Welfare Education Women

Statement on Women Workers Marriages, December 6, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams weighs in on the idea that women who work in household service are more likely to marry more frequently and in better circumstance. This is part of a longer article.

Labor Marital Relations

Statements on H. H. Powers, October 26, 1901 (excerpts)

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

Testimony before the Illinois Legislative Committee on Industrial Affairs, April 10, 1915 (excerpt)

Quotes from Addams' testimony before the Illinois Legislative Committee on Industrial Affairs on the health effects of child labor.

Child Labor Government

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

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

Housing Immigrants

The Child and the War, March 7, 1915 (excerpts)

An excerpt from Addams' Children's Day speech at the Free Synagogue at Carnegie Hall.

Children Peace

The Consumer's League as an Expression of Social Obligation (summary), March 21, 1904

Addams discusses the importance of the Consumer's League in pushing for child labor reforms.

The Newer Ideals as They Are Affecting Life, April 11, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams discusses her experiences with immigrants in a talk to the Cook County Teachers' Association.

Children Education Immigrants Lectures

The Reaction of Simple Women to Trade Union Propaganda, July 1, 1916

Addams tells the story of two immigrant women's difficulties making enough to earn a living, their experiences with unions, and poverty.

Gender Roles Immigrants Labor Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Writings

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

The Social Waste of Child Labor, October 4, 1902 (excerpt)

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

Child Labor Education Lectures

Theodor Adelswärd to Jane Addams, May 4, 1916

Adelsward invites Addams to join the Study Commission of the Central Organization for Durable Peace.

Thoughts on the Comic Valentine, February 2, 1902

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

Child Welfare Holidays Morality

To Aid Craftsmen, August 15, 1902

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

Hull-House Immigrants Labor

Tribute to John Peter Altgeld, March 14, 1902 (excerpt)

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

Death Eulogies Lectures

Votes for Women Theater Speech, April 1912

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

Lectures Theater Woman Suffrage

War and Social Service, March 8, 1915 (excerpt)

Addams discusses neutrality and why women were best suited to protest against war at Radcliffe College.

War Times Challenging Woman's Traditions, August 5, 1916

Addams explores women's responses to war, looking at its costs in terms of lives and social welfare, and questions of patriotism.

Government Internationalism Military Patriotism Peace World War I

William Jennings Bryan to Jane Addams, June 28, 1916

Bryan promises Addams that he will help the cause of peace in way he can.

Foreign Policy Mexico Requests World War I

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