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Recreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities, December 28, 1911

Addams' speech to the American Sociological Society argues that social interaction is the key to advancing society. In urban areas, city governments need to provide varied and organized recreations to build community.

Gambling Immigrants Lectures Recreation Urban Planning

Ray Lyman Wilbur to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, August 1, 1917

Wilbur asks Karsten for dates that Addams can speak on food conservation.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Prison Labor and Prisoners Families, January 7, 1913

Addams likens prison labor camps to slavery and discusses how unpaid prison labor impacts the families of the inmates.

Civil Rights Labor Prisons Social Welfare

Prentiss Bailey Gilbert to Jane Addams, December 17, 1928

Gilbert thanks Addams for her letter regarding the United States membership in the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Government International Affairs Requests United States

Pleasant Alexander Stovall to Jane Addams, May 31, 1915

Stovall has arranged for Addams to meet the president of Switzerland to discuss peace activities.

Meetings Peace Switzerland

Philanthropy and Politics, September 18, 1912

Addams discusses how philanthropic activities become political activities, citing instances from her own work in Chicago.

Government Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Work

Pen and Book as Tests of Character, January 4, 1913

Addams provides an argument against literacy tests for immigrants, proposed by the Burnett Bill recently pased by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Education Government Immigration Legislation Racism

Paul Underwood Kellogg and Norman Hapgood to Jane Addams, August 1927

Kellogg and Hapgood ask Addams to support an effort to get a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti.

Crime Enforcement Government Requests

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, January 12, 1916

Villard suggests points that Addams might argue in her testimony before the Senate Military Affairs committee, highlighting the political and costs drawbacks of militarization.

Foreign Policy Government Military Politics Preparedness World War I

Newton Diehl Baker Jr. to Jane Addams, April 12, 1917

Baker thanks Addams for her letter on conscientious objectors and promises that it will be reviewed by Congress as they make decisions.

Conscientious Objectors Legislation Military Peace World War I

Miss Addams, May 1913

Addams offers a counter narrative to the idea that the U.S. government should limit immigration, arguing that immigrants provide benefits to society and are deserving of protections under the law. This is the fifth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

Government Immigrants Immigration Labor

Miss Addams, June 1913

In a humorous effort to render the male arguments against woman suffrage absurd, Addams describes a hypothetical world in which women hold power and men are asking for the vote. This is the sixth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's roles affecting change.

Business Gender Roles Labor Military Peace War

Miss Addams, January 1913

Addams defends her involvement in partisan politics and argues that philanthropy and politics must often be partners in charting a better future for families and for communities. This is the first article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's roles in affecting change.

Juvenile Delinquency Labor Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Welfare Social Work

Miss Addams, April 1913

Addams explains the evils of unpaid prison labor. This is the fourth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

Civil Rights Crime Enforcement Labor Prisons Social Welfare

Miss Addams Would Fix It, May 19, 1927

An editorial criticizes Jane Addams for wanting to disarm policemen.

Crime Criticism Disarmament Lectures

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, January 25, 1918

Van Winkle writes regarding Addams's upcoming speech in St. Louis and the travel reimbursement process.

Finances Lectures

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 9, 1918

Van Winkle thanks Addams for agreeing to lecture and compliments her speech.

Food Conservation Lectures Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 23, 1918

Van Winkle sends Addams a series of California lecture locations and asks for confirmation and dates.

Government Lectures Requests Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 21, 1918

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak in San Francisco on food conservation.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 18, 1918

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak in New Orleans and then travel to California via a southern route.

Lectures Requests Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 27, 1917

Van Winkle tells Addams that the Food Administration will cover her speaking expenses and that they don't want Addams to have to pay her own costs.

Finances Food Conservation Lectures

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, January 8, 1918

Van Winkle tells Karsten that Addams's receipts for travel have been processed.

Finances Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, January 15, 1918

Van Winkle sends Karsten a reimbursement voucher for Addams's travel costs.

Finances

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, January 14, 1918

Van Winkle asks Karsten for a copy of Addams's food conservation speech.

Lectures Requests

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, December 5, 1917

Van Winkle asks Karsten for receipts for Addams' recent travels and provides details on how Addams should handle travel payment in future.

Finances Onsite Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, December 17, 1917

Van Winkle tells Karsten that the Food Administration is discussing how to reimburse Addams for travel costs.

Finances Food Conservation Travels

Max Shulman to Jane Addams, October 22, 1918

Shulman thanks Addams for her help in raising Liberty Loan funds in the 19th Ward.

Charity Government World War I

Mary M. Wood to Jane Addams, March 20, 1919

Wood thanks Addams for being willing to speak in New York for the Victory Liberty Loan campaign.

Government Lectures Requests

Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss to Jane Addams, April 28, 1919

Strauss invites Addams to dine with Herbert Hoover.

Government Requests

Kingsway Hall Address, January 2, 1923

Addams addresses a peace meeting and argues that in order for Europe to recover economically, the peace treaty must be revised; she also argues that the United States should and will join the League of Nations.

Economy Europe League of Nations Lectures Peace United States

Keepers of the Faith Photograph, February 7, 1920

Addams's photograph was included in a gallery of Keepers of the Faith, along with a caption noting that the Justice Department had her under surveillance.

Censorship Government Photography

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, September 12, 1914

Lanthrop asks Addams for help with a pamphlet on sex education.

Requests Sex Hygiene Writing

Jeanette Flitcraft Stetson to Jane Addams, August 12, 1927

Stetson asks Addams to protest the Sacco and Vanzetti execution.

Anti-radicalism Crime Government Requests

Jane Addams: Solving the Problem of the Unemployed, September 1913

Addams discusses the economic, social, and human toll of unemployment and offers some creative solutions to the problem being employed in England. This is the ninth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's roles in affecting change.

Labor Poverty Social Welfare Unemployment