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Also known as Commencement Address at Connecticut College, June 16, 1930 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the role of workers and women in modern life.

Addams decries the deportation of immigrants due to the Immigration Act of 1924. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work.

Addams provides a statement on her support for Prohibition.

Addams discusses the prevalence of education in the modern world.

Addams discusses the role of movies in the education.

Addams discusses how movies serve as educational spaces for children and adults.

Addams advises on making Latin and grammar appealing to boys and girls.

Addams discusses past and present efforts for world peace by the use of treaties. The speech was given at Town Hall in New York on December 7, 1929.

Addams sends Porter information for a donation to Hull-House.

Addams makes notes on funds sent to Geneva office of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Addams challenges her generation to be the one that makes peace permanent at a talk at New York's town Hall.

Addams discusses the deportation of radicals and post-war efforts to address hunger. The speech was delivered at the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Wisconsin.

Addams argues that prohibition would work more effectively if both the gangsters and law enforcement were disarmed.

Addams discusses the conditions needed for world peace.

Addams argues that peace can only come through arbitration and disarmament at a speech to the Conference of Jewish Women's Organizations in St. Louis.

Addams speaks with a reporter about her impressions of German pacifists at the International Congress of Women.

Addams argues that Prohibition has had a good impact on the neighborhood around Hull-House. This article is repurposed from Addams's article in the Literary Digest.

Addams discusses the International Congress of Women and her views on women's roles in the peace movement.

Addams discusses women's desire for peace and the obstacles in its way.

Addams meets with Corydon Hopkins to discuss his criticism of her pacifism as unpatriotic.

Addams argues that girls who are too picky may end up unmarried.

Addams discusses the sinking of the Lusitania but remains firm that the United States should avoid joining the war.

Addams tells Anderson that Caroline Slade cannot serve as American delegation chair for the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference and asks her to do her best to find another.

Addams sends Lovett a postcard of their view of the woods near Bar Harbor.

Addams sends Bull a letter asking for suggestions for a settlement worker to work in India.

Addams notes that many women reject domestic service because of its perceived social status.

Addams discussed international women's organizations and the role of college women in addressing social problems.

Addams tells the Tucson Woman's Club about the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference.

Addams discusses her involvement in women's clubs and its impact on her work.

Addams notes the role of private detectives in violence during picketing.

A summary of Addams remarks about her work in Chicago at the Arizona Association of Social Workers.

Addams argues that world peace is coming as nations learn to settle disputes.

Addams sends Lovett a clipping about the donation of a Native American mortar and pestle and asks her to insure that it is labelled.

Addams sends Miller a book and wishes she had time for a letter.

Addams invited Holmes to dine at Hull-House and thanks him for his comments on Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

Addams tells Lovett she misses her and hopes to see her soon.

Balch asks Jäederholm to support Addams' nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Addams asks Lovett to distribute a copy of Twenty Years at Hull House.

Addams opposes a bill to fund the construction of fifteen naval cruisers because it is hypocritical.

Stetson updates Gavit on Addams's slowly improving health.

Addams tells Newton that because of her poor health she is cancelling her speech at the American Friends Service Committee Spring Conference.

Addams updates Hicks on her travel plans.

Addams thanks Linn for her recent letters and Christmas presents.

Stetson thanks Blaine for her donation to Hull-House.

Smith thanks Blaine for donation to Hull-House in Addams's stead.

Addams asks Detzer to gather names for a petition.

Addams endorses Herbert Hoover for president at his campaign headquarters.

Hamilton tells Olmsted that Addams has been ill for two weeks and thus has not answered her mail.

Hamilton tells Gavit that Addams's illness means that she must has postpone upcoming plans.

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