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Women's Part in this New World, April 10, 1919

Addams explores the role that American women will have in rebuilding the world and the economy.

Articles Economics Food Shortages Labor World War I

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, May 19, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith about Addams's activities at the International Congress of Women and of their plans to travel to Germany and Austria.

Diplomacy Germany Peace Relief Efforts Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman-Julius, June 5, 1919

Addams writes Haldeman-Julius on her mother's birthday and tells about her work in Paris.

Family Peace Travels

Charles James Rhoads to Jane Addams, June 10, 1919

Rhoads asks Addams whether she will be able to carry out the relief trip they planned on and hopes that she will receive passports from Herbert Hoover.

Relief Efforts Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 23, 1919

Addams tells Smith she will likely be sailing home soon.

Health Onsite Relief Efforts Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 25, 1919

Addams updates Smith on plans to travel to Holland and Germany.

Relief Efforts Travels

Herbert Clark Hoover to American Relief Administration Staff, June 25, 1919

Hoover sends Addams a letter of introduction to field staff of the American Relief Administration.

Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Herbert Clark Hoover to John Work Garrett, June 25, 1919

Hoover sends Addams a letter of introduction to the American ambassador to the Netherlands.

Germany Government Relief Efforts Requests

Carolena Morris Wood to Jane Addams, July 1919

Wood tells Addams about conditions in Germany and hopes to see her before she heads back to America.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Travels

Statement on Quaker Food Commission Work, July 2, 1919

Addams discusses her plans to distribute food to German children.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the Friends Service Committee on the Situation in Germany (fragment), August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to countries once in the Central Powers for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution.

Charity Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Onsite Relief Efforts Writings

Report of Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton on the Situation in Germany, August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail their trip to Germany to see conditions for child welfare after World War I.

Child Welfare Children Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Edward Mandell House to Jane Addams, August 12, 1919

House tells Addams that he won't be able to meet Baron Franz but hopes to see her before she returns home.

Government Requests

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 18, 1919

Kellogg asks Addams for an article on her trip in Germany for The Survey.

Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, August 20, 1919

Addams asks Kellogg if the Survey would be interested in an article on her visit to Germany.

Relief Efforts Requests Writings

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 23, 1919

Kellogg thanks Addams for the article on her visit to Germany and asks her to leave in some passages that she had deleted.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts War Writings

Statement on German Food Crisis, August 27, 1919

Addams provides a brief statement on her tour of German child welfare conditions.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, August 27, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for her report on Germany and invites her to a meeting where it will be presented.

Charity Germany Relief Efforts

Official Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Alice Hamilton, September 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their visit to Germany to see conditions after World War I.

Europe Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Relief Efforts

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, September 1, 1919

Karsten tells Thomas that Addams will attend the American Friends Service Committee meeting in September.

Meetings Relief Efforts Requests

After the Lean Years: Impressions of Food Conditions in Germany When Peace was Signed, September 6, 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their investigation of food shortages and conditions in post-War Germany.

Charity Child Welfare Children Germany Health Internationalism Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, September 9, 1919

Thomas gives Addams details on the American Friends Service Committee meeting.

Meetings Relief Efforts

Joseph Thompson Eliott to Jane Addams, September 25, 1919

Eliott praises Addams for her work in Germany and sends information about rumors of fishing blockades after the Armistice.

Germany Relief Efforts World War I

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, September 26, 1919

Jacobs writes to explain a report that she disavowed Addams's report on the German trip and reports on her activities.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Relief Efforts

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 29, 1919

Kellogg asks Addams to provide an article about her trip to Germany for The Survey.

Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, September 30, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a letter (not found) and fears that they will not be able to secure relief support from the United States Food Administration.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 1, 1919

Addams pays for her subscription for The Survey and tells Kellogg about a donation in response to her September article.

Memberships Relief Efforts Writings

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 2, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a donation from Miss Lasker and asks that some of it be used to send cod-liver oil to Frankfurt.

Child Welfare Finances Germany Relief Efforts

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 7, 1919

Kellogg is delighted that Addams' Survey article has resulted in a generous donation.

Relief Efforts Writings

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, October 16, 1919

Addams updates Balch on the efforts of the Woman's Peace Party and answers questions about Women's International League for Peace and Freedom procedures.

Finances Hungary Peace Relief Efforts

Address to the Illinois State Conference of Charities and Corrections, October 24, 1919 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the impact of housing and food shortages in Europe on children's health.

England Food Shortages France Germany Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

Address to Baltimore Society of Friends, October 30, 1919 (summary)

A summary of Addams' remarks to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends about conditions in Europe and her trip through Germany.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Speech to the Missouri State Teachers Association, November 8, 1919 (summary)

Addams discussed the conditions in post-war Europe to the Missouri State Teachers Association at the Auditorium.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

The World's Food Supply and the World's Politics, November 9, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the food situation in Europe as a grim specter over any attempts at peace. This speech was delivered as part of the Social Welfare Conference at the Elm Street Church in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse writes Addams about relief for children in Leipzig, Germany, children.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 23, 1919

Hobhouse asks Addams to convince Americans to send relief for German children.

Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Where the Christmas Spirit Will Wane, December 1919

Addams describes the shortage of food in Europe and its impact on women and children.

Food Shortages Germany Health World War I

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 1, 1919

Addams explains to Thomas that if they can publicize the cooperation of Herbert Hoover, the collection of funds for German food relief would become easier.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts