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Speech on Child Labor at the Wisconsin Capitol, January 29, 1925 (excerpts)

Addams argues for passing the Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Government Lectures

Speech to the American Association for Labor Legislation, December 29, 1924 (excerpts)

Addams argues that states rights arguments are being used to defeat the child labor amendment.

Child Labor Lectures

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 14, 1925

Addams sends Rich information about the child labor bill to show Mrs. Goodrich.

Child Labor Requests

Impressions of Political Movements in the Orient, March 29, 1924 (excerpts)

Addams discusses child labor, the work of missionaries, and women's rights in China and India at the Woman's City Club

Child Labor China India Lectures Social Work Woman Suffrage

Impressions of Political Movements in the Orient, March 29, 1924 (excerpts)

Addams discusses child labor conditions in China and India during a luncheon at the Woman's City Club.

Child Welfare China India Lectures

Jane Addams to Esther Loeb Kohn, June 17, 1925

Addams asks Kohn to take on the chairmanship of the Illinois Joint Committee on Ratification of the Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Requests

Address on Child Labor, May 9, 1923 (summary)

Addams urged China to study of child labor and work against it.

Child Labor China Lectures

Some Phases of Internationalism, May 9, 1923 (excerpts)

Addams discusses child labor and the impact that it has on society.

Child Labor China Lectures

Some Phases of Internationalism, May 9, 1923 (excerpts)

Addams discusses child labor and the impact that it has on society.

Child Labor China Lectures

Jane Addams to Mariette Powers Benton, December 6, 1924

Addams tells Benton that she hopes that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will formally support the proposed Child labor Amendment.

Child Labor Legislation Peace

Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, September 27, 1924

Kelley asks Addams to write an article to help a push to ratify the Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Requests Writings

Chautauqua Speech, August 30, 1905 (summary)

Addams discusses the plight of child labor and immigration in a speech to the Chautauqua.

Child Labor Immigrants Lectures

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Debate on Child Labor, November 13, 1911 (excerpts)

Addams debates the issue of child labor on the stage with Norman Hapgood, Agnes Repplier, and Otis Skinner at the Contemporary Club in Philadelphia.

Child Labor Lectures Theater

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, November 4, 1924

Addams tells Kellogg she will do her best for Florence Kelley but she is still working on an article on child labor.

Child Labor Requests Writing

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, November 1, 1924

Abbott tells Addams that she thinks it wise to postpone resigning from the Child Labor Committee.

Child Labor

Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, October 29, 1924

Addams asks Kelley if she would like to write something to Suzette Meyer.

Child Labor Requests Writing

Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, July 23, 1924

Addams tells Kelley that she might visit her in Connecticut.

Child Labor Travels

Owen Reed Lovejoy to Jane Addams, February 26, 1924

Lovejoy asks Addams to reconsider resigning from the National Child Labor Committee.

Child Labor Memberships Requests

Statement on Child Labor at the Hull House Summer School, July 3, 1902

Addams discusses child labor, the topic of an upcoming lecture at the Summer School.

Child Labor Education Hull-House Lectures

Statement on Child Labor Day, January 20, 1920 (excerpt)

Addams supports the idea of a day set aside to discuss child labor reforms.

Child Labor Lectures

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, March 20, 1922

Kennedy asks Addams whether the Chicago Federation of Settlements will write to their representatives to support the Henry Cabot Lodge bill on delaying reparations asks about details of a child labor law.

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Address to Open National Child Labor Committee Campaign, February 3, 1919 (excerpt) Also known as Girl's Part in Reconstruction Work, February 3, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams opened the membership campaign for the National Child Labor Committee in Pittsburgh and spoke to the Western Pennsylvania League of Women Workers on the need

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Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, May 2, 1921

Addams asks Blaine to support a campaign to defeat an Illinois law that would loosen restrictions on child labor.

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Notes on Child Labor, October 1924

Addams describes the state of child labor when she opened Hull-House.

Chicago Child Labor Hull-House

International Cooperation in Social Welfare, July 2, 1924

Addams discusses suffrage and social work in Asia. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work in Toronto.

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Social Science, January 28, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the different methods of social work and describes how the settlement works to help society.

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Lecture to the Fortnightly Club, March 6, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams details the evils of child labor and efforts to abolish it in Illinois.

Child Labor Child Welfare Lectures Legislation

Comments on Child Labor, March 15, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams notes that immigrant families are used to having children work but do not see the difference between farm and factory work.

Child Labor Child Welfare Immigrants Lectures

Social Results of the New Education, December 18, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the problems of child labor in relation to compulsory education.

Child Labor Education Lectures Onsite

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Speech to the Cook County League of Women's Clubs, November 15, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams and De Bey urge Chicago clubwomen to visit factories to see the working conditions for children and discuss a measure that will make it more difficult to keep children out of school.

Child Labor Education Lectures Legislation

Speech to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs, November 15, 1902

Addams proposes changes to the child labor and compulsory education laws for endorsement to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs.

Child Labor Education Lectures

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

Speech at the Child-Saving Conference, January 30, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams and Bodine discuss changes needed in compulsory education rules to make them more effective.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Speech to the Chicago Business Woman's Club, November 19, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Child Labor Lectures Philanthropy Woman Suffrage

Lecture on Social Settlement System, July 28, 1902

Addams discusses the settlement house's role as a charity and the means by which it appeals to the poor. She spoke at the Decatur Chautauqua.

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Address to the Chicago Institute, June 21, 1901

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

Child Labor Education Lectures

Statement on Apprenticeship System, April 19, 1901

Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.

Child Labor Education Manufacturing

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

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

Comments on Child Labor, November 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discussed the ills of child labor at a meeting of interested people in Chicago.

Child Labor Lectures

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.

Endorsement of Woodrow Wilson for President, October 1916

Addams endorse Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 election because of his track record of respect for providing individuals with opportunity.

Government Labor Legislation Politics

The Larger Aspects of the Woman's Movement, November 1914

Addams details the many reasons why it is important that women be given the right to vote, and of how the suffrage movement is not just found in Western nations, but globally.

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Remarks on Women and Public Responsibilities, August 9, 1914

Addams expresses why the time is now that women should be able to vote, with in regards to the social power women have which can be used for political power.

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Who is to Blame for Child Labor?, July 23, 1914

Addams, discussing the main reasons for why child labor is wrong, how it came to be, and who can be blamed for it.

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The Need of a Constructive Appeal, March 15, 1914

Addams argues that opponents of child labor should promote the positive results of ending child labor on children and society. The speech opened the Tenth Annual Conference on Child Labor in New Orleans.

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The Need of a Constructive Appeal, March 15, 1914

Addams addresses the attendees in the opening speech for the start of the Tenth Annual Conference on Child Labor in New Orleans.

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Speech to the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association, January 26, 1912 (excerpts)

A newspaper report of Addams's speech to the Milwaukee branch of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, which uses humor to render the male arguments against woman suffrage absurd. A version of this speech was later published in the Ladies' Home Journal.

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