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Addams and Thomas argue why boys 14 and younger should be sent to school rather than work as messengers.

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

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

Newspaper coverage of Addams' November 19 address to the Chicago Business Woman's Club linking child labor to laziness in adults.

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

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

Warren praises Addams' speech about child labor that she delivered in Los Angeles.

Addams' discusses child labor before the Los Angeles YWCA.

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

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.

Addams exhorts members of the Chicago Political Equality League to work against child labor and towards educating the poor.

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

Addams holds that charitable work enables a better understanding of the poor, at a meeting of the Illinois Board of Charities and the Men's Club of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.

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

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.

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

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

Newspaper summary of Addams' speech on child labor and the need for new laws.

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

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

Gompers requests and article about child labor for the American Federationist, in order to gain public attention and sympathy.

Addams discusses her speaking obligations for the Child Labor Bill which have interrupted her plans with Haldeman.

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

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

Addams describes the plight of child labor and education in Chicago, especially in the case of immigrants.

Addams' draft speech, on child labor and education, given at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, in Atlanta.

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.

Addams comments about child labor, pointing out the difference between the educational opportunities child workers had a generation ago versus those working in factories in 1903.

Newspaper account of Addams' statement on raising of women's clubs funds to support child care for widows attending school.

Addams' speaks to the Consumer's League about the dangers of sweat shops and child labor.

McFarland provides an estimate for printing "Newsboy Conditions in Chicago."

Addams describes child labor and education in Chicago, especially among immigrants. This is a slightly modified version of "Child Labor and Pauperism," which had earlier appeared in the proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. It is also the full version of the "Child and Pauperism" fragment.

Addams describes the situation of child labor and education in Chicago, especially in the case of immigrants.

Addams recounts some of the ways child labor has ruined the future of those children exposed to it.

Addams addresses Chicago principals about enforcing the child labor law.

Addams discusses the importance of the Consumer's League in pushing for child labor reforms.

Addams delivered this commencement address at the University of Chicago on December 20, 1904, the first woman to be a commencement speaker at the college.

Addams gave this speech at a meeting of the National Child Labor Committee, held in New York City. In it she discussed the child labor reform work done in Chicago.

Speaking to the Society for Ethical Culture in Philadelphia, Addams argues that child labor is dangerous to the development of children's character and bodies.

Speaking at a child labor symposium sponsored by the Ethical Culture Society in Philadelphia, Addams discusses the sentimental and business arguments for protecting child workers.

Addams discusses the damage that child labor causes children, physically and mentally, and calls for it to be halted.

At the Saints Peter and Paul Episcopal Church, Addams argues against child labor.

Addams testifies that the system of child labor destroys genius, and how work on the stage damages children.

Short quote from Addams' speech in Milwaukee on child labor argues that industry wears out children in a heartless way.

Addams spoke about the issues of education and immigration, arguing that Americans need to open their minds to the experiences of immigrants, and that play is an important component of education,

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

Addams discusses how child labor laws in Illinois have impacted children's access to education and the dangers of weakening it. This is a reprint of a speech given on December 16, 1905 at the Annual Meeting of the National Child Labor Committee

Addams presents reasons to oppose the employment of young children in the theater.

In the second article of a series, Addams reports on some of the activities accomplished at Hull-House from 1889-1894.

Addams' argues that child labor is the greatest social ill in remarks at the American Humane Association Convention on November 14, 1906. This version was published in December.

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