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Feeding Europe and Saving America, February 19, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams spoke to the Reading Chamber of Commerce on the role that the United States could play in reducing the humanitarian crisis in Europe.

Europe Food Shortages Foreign Policy Hull-House Immigrants Peace Recreation Relief Efforts Settlement Movement

The Settlement in Relief and Reconstruction, September 25, 1920 (summary)

Addams opens the Tenth Conference of the National Federation of Settlements in East Aurora, NY

Settlement Movement Speeches

Jane Addams to Wilbur Lucius Cross, April 5, 1920

Addams sends Cross her review of Henrietta Barnett's Canon Barnett: his life, work and friends.

Books Requests Settlement Movement Writings

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, February 3, 1920

Addams advises Barnett on the timing of her American tour and offers to help organize it.

Hull-House Visits Lectures Settlement Movement Travels

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 3, 1919

Addams hopes to write an article for Kellogg in the near future.

Settlements Writing

Jane Addams to Marta Voelmy, May 8, 1919

Addams hopes to meet Voelmy while she is in Zurich.

Requests Settlement Movement Travels

Address to the Annual Meeting of Associated Charities, December 1, 1902

Addams discusses efforts made to reach the needy through settlement work.

Charity Hull-House Lectures Social Work

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.

Charities Child Labor Lectures Settlement Movement Social Work

Statement on Paris Hull House, May 28, 1901

Addams disputes a claim that a settlement house based on Hull-House was to be established in Paris.

France Settlement Movement

Lecture at the First Unitarian Church, November 2, 1901 (excerpts)

A summary of Addams' talk on Tolstoy and settlements, given at the First Unitarian Church in Minneapolis.

Labor Lectures Settlement Movement

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The Social Problem of the College Graduate (excerpts), March 19, 1904

Addams encourages college women at Wellesley to use their educations to improve the lives of immigrants.

Education Immigrants Lectures Social Work

Robert Archey Woods to Jane Addams, April 20, 1917

Woods invites Addams to speak at the National Federation of Settlements conference.

Conferences Requests Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, January 24, 1917

Addams regrets that she will not be able to participate in the work of the Federation of Settlements in 1917.

Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Robert A. Woods, April 11, 1916.

Addams tells Woods that she won't be able to attend a the National Federation of Settlements conference due to poor health.

Health Settlement Movement

A Pioneer Philanthropist, July, 1920

Addams reviews Henrietta Barnett's book on Canon Barnett explaining his importance to the settlement movement.

Articles Education England Morality Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work Travels

Review of Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett's Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends, April 9, 1920

Addams discusses the life of Samuel Barnett and the biography and memoir written by Henrietta Barnett.

Charity Education England Morality Religion Settlement Movement Settlements

Review of Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett's Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends, April 5, 1920

Addams reviews Henrietta Barnett's book on Canon Barnett explaining his importance to the settlement movement.

Education England Morality Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work Writings

Tribute to Frank A. Hutchins, May 20, 1914 (fragment)

A stenographer's transcript of a tribute by Addams given at the memorial for Frank Hutchins.

Eulogies Lectures Settlement Movement Tributes

Address to the Child Welfare Conference on Settlements, January 29, 1911 (excerpts)

Summary of Addams' arguments for child welfare and the role of settlements. Portions of the article summarizing other speakers were not included.

Child Welfare Lectures Settlements

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, September 26, 1913

Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Pittsburgh.

Charity Conferences Labor Lectures Legislation Poverty Settlement Movement

Preface to Religion in Social Action, September 1913

Addams introduces Graham Taylor's collection of essay, providing biographical information on Taylor, and praising his work.

Labor Praise Religion Settlements Social Work

Introduction to Religion in Social Action, 1913

Addams introduces and summarizes the content of Graham Taylor's book, provides some biographical information on Taylor, and praises the work.

Labor Praise Religion Settlements Social Work

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, August 9, 1915

Taylor provides Addams with a report of the Chicago Commons' work for July 1915. Addams was a trustee of the settlement.

Disasters Finances Settlements

Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the role of class relations in the settlement movement. Only Addams' portion of the article was included.

Charity Lectures Settlement Movement Social Class

Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the role that settlements play in improving the conditions of the poor. Only the portion of the article with Addams remarks has been included.

Charity Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Class

Comments at the Roadside Settlement, February 28, 1905

Addams made remarks during a visit to a Des Moines settlement about the role that women's clubs play in social work.

Charity Child Welfare Lectures Settlements

Settlement Work Lecture to Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, October 21, 1905 (excerpt)

An excerpt of Addams' discussion on settlement houses and the role of women's clubs.

Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement Woman Suffrage

Advantages and Disadvantages of a Broken Inheritance, May 26, 1908

In this address given at the 13th Annual Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems held at Atlanta University, Addams discusses the difficulties immigrants face in Chicago.

African-Americans Education Immigrants Labor Lectures

The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest, May 2, 1908

Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge between immigrant communities and the American public, holding that it does not change in times of crisis.

Anarchism Anti-Semitism Crime Immigrants Public Opinion Religion Russia Settlements

Address to the University Settlement of New York, December 7, 1911

Addams' speech on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the University Settlement about the growth of the settlement movement.

Education Lectures Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Reform Socialism

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