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World Efforts for World Peace, January 5, 1930 (summary)

Addams discusses past and present efforts for world peace by the use of treaties. The speech was given at Town Hall in New York on December 7, 1929.

Internationalism Lectures Peace

World Efforts Toward World Peace, December 6, 1929 (excerpts)

Addams challenges her generation to be the one that makes peace permanent at a talk at New York's town Hall.

Lectures Peace

Speech to the Young Men's Christian Association, January 18, 1920

Addams discusses the deportation of radicals and post-war efforts to address hunger. The speech was delivered at the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Wisconsin.

Anti-radicalism Immigrants Labor Lectures

Address in Springfield, November 12, 1929 (summary)

Addams discusses the conditions needed for world peace.

Internationalism Lectures Peace

Recent Efforts Towards World Peace, November 11, 1929

Addams argues that peace can only come through arbitration and disarmament at a speech to the Conference of Jewish Women's Organizations in St. Louis.

Arbitration Disarmament Lectures Peace

Statement on Domestic Service, (excerpt), April 23, 1929

Addams notes that many women reject domestic service because of its perceived social status.

Labor Lectures Women

Lecture to the Tucson Collegiate Club, March 16, 1929 (summary)

Addams discussed international women's organizations and the role of college women in addressing social problems.

Education Lectures Women's Rights

Speech to the Tucson Woman's Club, March 4, 1929 (summary)

Addams tells the Tucson Woman's Club about the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference.

Conferences Hull-House Lectures

Speech to the Tucson Business and Professional Women's Club, March 2, 1929 (summary)

Addams discusses her involvement in women's clubs and its impact on her work.

Clubs Lectures

Speech to the Arizona Association of Social Workers, February 15, 1929 (summary)

A summary of Addams remarks about her work in Chicago at the Arizona Association of Social Workers.

Lectures Social Work

Speech to the Tucson Women's Club, February 14, 1929 (excerpt)

Addams argues that world peace is coming as nations learn to settle disputes.

Arbitration Peace

Jane Addams to Robert Ray Newton, January 9, 1929

Addams tells Newton that because of her poor health she is cancelling her speech at the American Friends Service Committee Spring Conference.

Conferences Health Lectures

Speech to the Honolulu League of Women Voters, August 23, 1928 (summary)

Addams advises the League of Women Voters to appeal to women's own lives in order to increase their political participation.

Lectures Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Luncheon Talk to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Hawaiian Section, August 20, 1928 (summary)

Addams tells of the history of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom at a luncheon in Honolulu.

Conferences Peace

Lecture on Segregated Vice and Human Trafficking, August 20, 1928 (summary) Also known as Luncheon talk to the Pan-Pacific Club, August 20, 1928 (summary)

Addams argued that vice would cease if the segregated districts in the Pacific were dissolved.

Conferences Human Trafficking Lectures Morality

The Value of the Parent Teacher Association, August 14, 1928 (summary)

Addams argues that the Parent Teacher Association serves as a bridge between foreign-born parents and their children.

Education Immigrants Lectures

Speech in Carmel, California. July 24, 1928 (summary)

Addams argues that public opinion is key to ending war.

Lectures Peace War

Next Steps Toward World Peace, July 10, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams argues that the best way to secure peace is to rally public opinion.

Lectures Peace War

Statement on Youth, July 10, 1928

Addams discusses the challenges facing modern youth.

Lectures Youth

Social Settlements, August 12, 1900 (summary)

Addams discusses the difference between social settlement work and charitable work.

Lectures Settlement Movement

Address to the Kansas City Conference of Social Workers, May 14, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams exhorts social workers to support a bill suspending immigration quota to allow family members of residents to join them.

Government Immigration Lectures Requests

Speech to the World Men's Council, May 12, 1928

Addams speaks in support of the League of Nations and international peace.

League of Nations Lectures Peace

Statement at the International Congress of Women, June 4, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams situates the women's movement in a general impulse of seeking betterment for all people.

Conferences Internationalism Woman Suffrage

Speech on Prohibition to the Chicago Woman's Club, February 1928

Addams discusses her views on prohibition and how it has improved life in the Hull-House neighborhood.

Hull-House Lectures Prohibition

Speech to the Chicago Sunday Evening Club, February 12, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams notes that politicians, rather than idealists, are responsible for most achievements in peace.

Lectures Peace Politics

Speech on Prohibition to the Chicago Woman's Club, February 1928 (excerpts)

Addams claims that prohibition has improved life in the Hull-House neighborhood.

Hull-House Lectures Prohibition

Does Prohibition Work?, March 3, 1928 (summary)

Addams defends Prohibition and argues that a lack of enforcement has made alcohol use more common and dangerous.

Lectures Morality Prohibition

Speech to the Hyde Park Young Men's Christian Association, March 18, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams argues that people believe that war is inevitable but that it can be stopped. The speech was made before the Hyde Park Young Men's Christian Association.

Lectures Peace Quotes War

Speech to the Hyde Park Young Men's Christian Association, March 18, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams argues that people believe that war is inevitable but that it can be stopped. The speech was made before the Hyde Park Young Men's Christian Association.

Lectures Peace Quotes War

Governmental Efforts Towards Disarmament, March 27, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams argues that disarmament is a slow process towards progress in a speech to the Twentieth Century Club.

Disarmament Lectures Peace

Jane Addams to Setty Swarts Kuhn, October 8, 1930

Addams accepts Kuhn's invitation to speak in Cleveland.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Baker Brownell, January 9, 1929

Addams tells Brownell that she has to cancel her February lecture because of poor health.

Health Lectures

Baker Brownell to Jane Addams, July 20, 1929

Brownell asks Addams to speak to his Contemporary Thought program at Northwestern University.

Education Lectures Requests

Ada Medora Yoder Hicks to Baker Brownell, July 22, 1929

Hicks tells Brownell that Addams is out of town until October and will reply to his request on her return.

Lectures Requests

Ada Medora Yoder Hicks to Baker Brownell, July 27, 1929

Yoder tells Brownell that due to Addams's uncertain health she cannot promise to be able to speak to his class.

Health Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Baker Brownell, September 27, 1929

Addams tells Brownell that she is happy to use his title for a talk.

Lectures

What Prohibition Has Done for Chicago, February 1, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams defends Prohibition despite the difficulties in enforcing it.

Lectures Prohibition

What Prohibition Has Done for Chicago, February 1, 1928

Addams defends Prohibition despite the difficulties in enforcing it.

Lectures Prohibition

Introduction to Suffrage Speeches, March 7, 1911

A short quote by Addams introducing speakers during the suffrage tour.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Suffrage Speech at Peotone, March 7, 1911 (summary)

A summary of Addams speech about woman suffrage at the start of her lecture tour.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Baker Brownell, July 7, 1928

Addams tells Brownell that she hopes to give him a better lecture next year.

Lectures

Jane Addams to Baker Brownell, March 17, 1928

Addams tells Brownell that she will speak to his course next year, but that she does not want her address from this year included in his proposed book.

Lectures Publications Writings