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Statement on Acquittal of Ellen Gates Starr, March 21, 1914

Addams tells reporters that she is happy that Ellen Starr was acquitted of disorderly conduct.

Labor Law

Statement at the International Congress of Women, June 4, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams situates the women's movement in a general impulse of seeking betterment for all people.

Conferences Internationalism Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Florence Gottschalk Taussig, August 22, 1927

Addams telegrams Taussig that she looks forward to her arrival.

Visits

Introduction to Suffrage Speeches, March 7, 1911

A short quote by Addams introducing speakers during the suffrage tour.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Suffrage Speech at Peotone, March 7, 1911 (summary)

A summary of Addams speech about woman suffrage at the start of her lecture tour.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Towner, Horace M. (1855-1937)

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Martinius (1832-1910)

Sautreau, Dagny Bjørnson (1876-1974)

Ellen Gates Starr to the Editor of the Springfield Republican, August 15, 1927

Starr urges the public to believe the experts who claim that evidence was misused against Sacco and Vanzetti.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement United States

Jane Addams Interview With Zoe Beckley, July 4, 1927

As part of newspaper series of women presenting their views on prohibition, Addams describes its effects on public welfare and advocates for the long-term benefits of the eighteenth amendment.

Prohibition Public Health Social Welfare

Borah Amazes Sacco Forces, ca. August 19, 1927

Article publishes Borah's telegram to Addams refusing to interfere in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Government

Rev. E. B. Young Supports Courts, August 22, 1927

Young argues to the editor that outsiders should not question the justice system.

Crime Enforcement Criticism

Addams Statement on Anita Whitney, May 18, 1927

Addams supports Anita Whitney who was convicted for being a member of the communist party.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Politics

Speech to the American Association of Social Workers, May 16, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the growing legitimacy of social work as a profession, and the impact of humanitarian efforts around the globe.

Lectures Social Work Travels

Speech to the National Conference of Social Work, May 16, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams argues for gun control and placing more faith in the younger generation.

Crime Enforcement Lectures Youth

Speech to the National Conference of Social Work, May 16, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams discusses changing moral standards and their impact on youth.

Internationalism Morality United States Youth

Progress Towards International Peace Seen, May 5, 1927

Addams discusses signs that progress towards international peace is growing.

Internationalism Peace

Speech to Girls' League of Pasadena High School, April 1, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams urges young women to make the most of their opportunities and to lead by example in the continuing struggle for equality.

Lectures Women's Rights Youth

Statement on Mary McLeod Bethune, April 21, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams praises Bethune after hearing her speak.

Lectures Praise

Statement on Old Ironsides, April 22, 1927 (excerpt)

Addams reflects on the patriotism inspired by seeing the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") in Chicago.

Education Lectures Patriotism Visits

William James to the Editor of the Advertiser, April 22, 1907

James criticizes the Advertiser for its inaccurate reporting of William Stead's address at Harvard Union.

Criticism Journalism Lectures

Speech to Hammond Woman's Club, April 23, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the history of the peace movement.

Lectures Peace

Jane Addams to Mabel Vernon, April 13, 1932

Addams tells Vernon that she cannot raise funds for peace due to the need for unemployment relief in the United States.

Economics Finances Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Manley Ottmer Hudson, March 30, 1932

Addams thanks Hudson for his help in securing the Nobel Prize and describes how she will use the money.

Books Finances Nobel Prize Peace

Jane Addams to Jeanette Rankin, April 12, 1932

Addams tells Rankin that she will ride in the peace parade in Chicago that hoped to influence the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Peace Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, April 26, 1932

Addams tells Latham how unhappy she is with the marketing for the Excellent Becomes the Permanent.

Books Finances Publishing

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, August 11, 1932

Help!Peace Travels

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Peale Ryder, May 18, 1931

Addams tells Ryder that she is not a Communist and that peace work is not compatible with communism.

Anti-radicalism Communism Criticism Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, ca. July 20, 1927

Balch sends Addams a letter to Kathryn Bird and asks her to send enclosures directly.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Alexander & Keenan, May 3, 1927

Addams tells Alexander & Keenan about Emily Balch's best address.

Finances Peace

Statement on Al Smith, April 25, 1927 (excerpts)

Addams notes that Al Smith's run for the presidency was a great thing because it showed increasing tolerance. This appeared in multiple newspapers.

Government Lectures Politics Religion

Miss Addams Would Fix It, May 19, 1927

An editorial criticizes Jane Addams for wanting to disarm policemen.

Crime Criticism Disarmament Lectures

Mary Chick to Gabrielle Laforcade Duchêne, June 17, 1927

Chick tells Duchêne that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's British Section meant to recommend a plan for a visit to China and has been misunderstood.

China England Peace

Symbols, May 1927

An article in the May 1927 newsletter of the Toledo Consumers' League compares symbols of the success and failure of modern civilization.

Education Library Social Welfare Unemployment

Interview at the Progressive Party Convention, August 7, 1912

Addams talks to a New York Sun reporter about her decision to support Theodore Roosevelt and the new party in the presidential election.

Government Politics Progressive Woman Suffrage

Women in International Relations, March 10, 1927 (summary)

Addams speaks before the Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Association of University Women on the role that women take in other parts of the world.

Lectures Peace Women

Social Consequences of the Immigration Law, May 1927

Addams warns about the unforeseen social consequences of immigration laws.

Government Immigrants Immigration Law Lectures

Your Child and Your Community, March 1927

Addams argues that to improve children's lives society needs to improve the conditions in which they live.

Child Welfare Social Work

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.

Democracy Lectures Nationalism Onsite Patriotism Peace

Comments on Hull-House Neighborhood, c. February 28, 1927 (excerpt)

The News summarizes Addams comments about the impact of Prohibition in the Hull-House neighborhood.

Crime Prohibition Youth

Statement on High School Construction, February 27, 1927 (summary)

Addams and Howe urge the construction of a new junior-senior high school before the Chicago Board of Education.

Education

Jane Addams to Zonja Wallin Lawrence, May 7, 1929

Addams thanks Lawrence for her gifts to Hull-House.

Hull-House Thanks

Jane Addams to Alice Stone Blackwell, March 11, 1927

Addams tells Blackwell that the Chicago Tribune is anti-Russian and unlikely to publish her article.

Anti-radicalism Health Journalism

Jane Addams to A. M. Welch, June 7, 1927

Addams thanks Ewing for sending photos of Charles Hull.

Gratitude Hull-House

Intelligence Versus Pacifism and Subversivism, February 3, 1927

A report of a meeting held between Jane Addams, Mary McDowell and members of the Military Intelligence Association regarding attacks on Addams by Frere Hopkins.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Patriotism Peace