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Adams, Henry Carter (1851-1921)

Economics Education Finance

Adams, Mary Leland Root (1859-1939)

Education

Adams, Thomas Sewall (1873-1933)

Books Economics Education Law Politics

Adamson, Ethel McClintock (1878-1949)

Peace

Addams on Women Drivers, November 1923

An anecdote credited to Addams about women drivers.

Humor Police Transportation

Addams Supports A Public Zoo, November 1923

Addams gives a short statement in support of a municipal zoo.

Chicago

Addams, Anna Hostetter Haldeman (1828-1919)

Family

Addams, George Stanton (1869-1933)

Child Welfare Law Legislation

Addams, John Huy (1822-1881)

Business Family Finance Illinois Politics

Addams, Laura Shoemaker (1856-1937)

Family

Address at Meeting for Catherine Breshkovsky, January 22, 1905 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a meeting of Chicago Russians to hear Madame Katherine Breshkovsky speak on Russian freedom.

Lectures Peace Russia

Address at Memorial for Teachers Who Perished in the Iroquois Theatre Fire, January 16, 1904 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a memorial meeting for Iroquois Theater fire victims, organized by the Chicago Teacher's Federation, about the dangers of overlooking violations in fear of being seen as bad people.

Death Lectures

Address at the Civic Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 1, 1905

Addams discusses the role of public education in fostering democracy. The speech was given during the closing session of the General Congress of Religions, on June 1, and published on July 27.

Democracy Education

Address at the Universal Peace Congress Banquet, October 7, 1904

Addams discusses the problem of inducing people to engage with the peace movement rather than following more nationalistic and warlike activities.

Conferences Labor Peace War

Address at the Woman's Peace Party Conference in Washington, January 10, 1915

Addams gave this speech at the Woman's Constructive Peace Conference in Washington, D.C., on the reasons why women need to become more active in politics and the peace movement.

Lectures Patriotism Peace War

Address on Anna Howard Shaw, November 13, 1919

Addams gives a memorial address for Shaw, highlighting Shaw's involvement in the woman's suffrage movement and religious education.

Death Eulogies Friends International Affairs Memberships Politics Religion Woman Suffrage

Address on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903

Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.

Child Welfare Children Lectures

Address on Industrial Education, February 13, 1908 (summary)

Addams warns adults of some aspects of trade schools for boys. The speech was given at the first convention of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education on January 24, as part of a session entitled The Wage Earners' Benefit from Industrial Education.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Address on International Arbitration, January 7, 1912

In this speech given at the Auditorium Theater, under the auspices of the Hamilton Club, Addams argues for a system of international arbitration to avoid war.

Arbitration Government Internationalism Lectures Peace

Address on Neighborhood Improvement, June 25, 1904 (Extract)

Article summarizes and quotes from Addams' speech and comments on neighborhood improvement at the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Conferences Lectures Social Work

Address on Occupational Therapy, September 1919

Addams discusses the work done in Chicago for helping those suffering from mental illness. Her talk was given at the third annual conference of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, held at Hull-House, from September 9 to September 11.

Disability Hull-House Lectures Onsite Philanthropy Social Work

Address on Swedish Famine, February 19, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams calls for a charitable response to aid the famine sufferers in Sweden, discussing the different kinds of charitable work in education and relief.

Charity Education Relief Efforts Sweden

Address on the Hull-House Labor Museum, May 16, 1911

Addams' speech at the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, on the Hull-House Labor Museum's exhibit.

Education Hull-House Immigrants Museums

Address to Deering Company Strikers, April 29, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams' comments to striking girls about working conditions and labor organization. The strike, against the International Harvester Company, Deering Division, resulting in the shut down of the plant, putting 6,000 out of work. This is a portion of a longer article on the strike.

Labor Lectures

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

Address to Hull House Woman's Club, April 16, 1902

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Hull-House Lectures Sanitation

Address to Los Angeles YWCA, May 4, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams' discusses child labor before the Los Angeles YWCA.

Child Labor Lectures

Address to 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.

Crime Crime Enforcement Poverty

Address to Open the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, May 11, 1911

Addams' brief opening address at the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit.

Child Welfare Education Lectures Youth

Address to Second Congressional District of Illinois, September 29, 1903

Addams addresses the Second Congressional District of Illinois asks Chicago woman's clubs to establish a scholarship for children of widows.

Charity Child Welfare

New Methods in Philanthropy, November 7, 1903 (excerpts) Also known as Address to the Catholic Women's League, November 7, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams speaks to the Catholic Women's League about the ways the poor are harmed by unthinking charitable efforts.

Child Labor Lectures Philanthropy Poverty

Amusement for the People, March 25, 1902 Also known as Address to the Charity Organization Society, March 25, 1902

Addams addresses a meeting at the United Charities building in New York and discusses how Hull-House makes use of its theater.

Lectures Theater

Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, April, 1902

Addams addresses the Chicago Business Women's Club on factors that may cause children to grow into "tramps."

Child Labor Child Welfare Crime Lectures

Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, January 13, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper summary of Addams' talk describing child labor in the Southern factories.

Child Labor Child Welfare Lectures Manufacturing

Address to the Chicago Institute, June 21, 1901

Addams criticizes trade schools in an address to the Chicago Institute.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Address to the Chicago Principal's Association, October 10, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams addresses Chicago principals about enforcing the child labor law.

Child Labor Child Welfare Education Lectures

Address to the Chicago Woman's Club, November 11, 1903

Addams speaks about women reformers' duty to treat the unfortunate with compassion and not contempt.

Charity

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Address to the Englewood Women's Club, November 5, 1923 (excerpts)

Addams tells of her trip to Asia and encourages American women to collaborate with women in Asia.

China India Japan Lectures Politics Travels Woman Suffrage

New Ideals of Peace, March 30, 1902 (excerpt) Also known as Address to the Ethical Cultural Society, March 30, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams addresses the Ethical Culture Society about those who oppose war, specifically those who believe that war is unnatural.

Internationalism Lectures Peace War

Address to the Henry George Association, October 29, 1903

Addams offers a substitute for war involving guidance rather than violence.

Lectures Morality Peace War

Address to the Hull-House Woman's Club, April 16, 1902

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Lectures Prohibition Sanitation

Peace and War, September 16, 1903 (excerpt) Also known as Address to the Hull-House Woman's Club, September 16, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams suggests sending peacemakers rather than warships to Turkey.

Lectures Peace Politics War

Peace and War, September 16, 1903 (excerpts) Also known as Address to the Hull-House Woman's Club, September 16, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams suggests sending peacemakers rather than warships to Turkey.

Lectures Peace Politics War

Address to the Kindergarten Union Convention, April 13, 1901

Addams comments on the importance of kindergarten in settlement work at the close of a convention of the International Kindergarten Union.

Municipal Suffrage, March 6, 1906 (excerpt) Also known as Address to the Lake View Women's Club, March 6, 1906 (excerpt)

Addams gave an address to the Lake View Women's Club about her views on woman suffrage at the municipal level of government.

Lectures Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

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 the National Conference of Charities and Correction, May 9, 1903 (excerpt) Also known as Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of the talk given by Addams at the National Conference of Charities and Correction of 1903 on the effects of child labor.

Charity Child Labor Lectures Poverty

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