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Jane Addams to Setty Swarts Kuhn, October 8, 1930

Addams accepts Kuhn's invitation to speak in Cleveland.

Lectures Requests

Charles Swain Thomas to Jane Addams, January 29, 1930

Thomas asks Addams to approve her address on John Dewey before publication.

Lectures Requests Tributes

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, January 25, 1930

Addams tells Detzer that she spoke on the radio about peace on January 19.

Lectures Peace

Mary Mossman Weber to Jane Addams, January 22, 1930

Mossman praises Addams's recent radio address.

Family Lectures Radio

Elfleda Bond Goodspeed to Jane Addams, January 8, 1930

Goodspeed praises Addams's speech.

Lectures Praise

Robert Erskine Ely to Jane Addams, December 24, 1929

Ely thanks Addams for participating in the League's meeting.

Lectures Praise

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

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

Robert Lew Williams to Jane Addams, October 29, 1929

Williams invites Addams to speak on Prohibition's impact.

Lectures Prohibition Religion Requests

Safety in the Home, October 22, 1929

Addams's radio speech on protecting children in the homes of working women. This speech was broadcast by the National Broadcast Company as part of a Universal Safety Series.

Child Welfare Children Education Help!Immigrants Immigration Labor Lectures Radio Women

Safety in the Home, October 22, 1929

Addams's radio speech on protecting children in the homes of working women. This speech was broadcast by the National Broadcast Company as part of a Universal Safety Series.

Child Welfare Education Immigrants Labor Lectures Radio Women

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, September 28, 1929

Addams tells Detzer that she cannot attend John Dewey's birthday celebration.

Celebrations 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

Jane Addams to Mary Ryott Sheepshanks, August 13, 1929

Addams tells Sheepshanks that she would rather make a short speech than a longer one at the International Congress of Women.

Conferences Health Lectures Peace

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

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

Baker Brownell to Jane Addams, July 20, 1929

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

Education Lectures Requests

The Settlement as a Way of Life, July 1929

Addams reflects on her career at the National Federation of Settlement Conference. The speech was given on June 19, 1929 and published in Neighborhood in July.

Hull-House Hull-House Residents Peace Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work World War I

If I Had It to Do Again, What Would I Do Differently, June 19, 1929

Addams reflects on her settlement work at a meeting of the National Federation of Settlements Conference.

Hull-House Hull-House Residents Lectures Peace Poverty Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work

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

Geraldine Brown Gilkey to Jane Addams, April 19, 1929

Gilkey thanks Addams for participation in a Chapel Service on the Leadership of Women and asks about publishing her remarks.

Lectures Thanks

Jane Addams to William Arthur Maddox, April 11, 1929

Addams tells Maddox that she cannot speak for Rockford until her health is improved.

Health Lectures United States

In Recognition of the Leadership of Women, April 10, 1929 Also known as The Pageant of Emancipation, August 1929

Addams discusses the process of women's rights on a global scale, praising achievements in government, medicine, art, education, and social work. This talk was given at the University of Chicago chapel and later published.

In Recognition of the Leadership of Women, April 10, 1929 Also known as The Pageant of Emancipation, April 10, 1929

Addams discusses the progress of women and their importance to society in the western world and in Asia at a regional meeting of the Young Woman's Christian Association.

Eugenie Miskolczy-Meller and Melanie Vámbéry to Jane Addams, April 9, 19129

Miskolczy-Meller and Vámbéry invite Addams to lecture at the Summer School in Hungary, and to invite Theodore Dreiser if possible.

Education Hungary Lectures Peace Requests

Robert Erskine Ely to Jane Addams, April 8, 1929

Ely invites Addams to speak for the League of Political Education in 1930.

Lectures Requests

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

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

Remarks on the Chicago Juvenile Court and the Hague Court, ca. 1929

Addams discusses the history and success of the Chicago Juvenile court.

Courts Juvenile Delinquency

Jane Addams to Laura Morgan Puffer, October 11, 1928

Addams accepts Morgan's invitation to speak at an event.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Laura Puffer Morgan, October 3, 1928

Addams tells Morgan that she would prefer to speak on government efforts towards world peace and offers suggestions on speaker on militarism in education.

Lectures Peace Requests

The Opening of a Woman's Congress, October 1928

Addams opens the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference by talking about the roles that women play in international affairs.

Conferences Internationalism Lectures Women

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

Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, August 23, 1928

Addams sends Linn her speech and calls the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference a success.

Conferences Family Lectures

Speech to the Honolulu Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, August 22, 1928 Also known as Governmental Efforts Towards World Peace, August 22, 1928

Addams discusses international organization for peace and world betterment.

Courts Criticism Diplomacy Disarmament International Affairs Internationalism Lectures 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

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In Recognition of the Leadership of Women, April 10, 1929 Also known as The Pageant of Emancipation, August 1929

In Recognition of the Leadership of Women, April 10, 1929 Also known as The Pageant of Emancipation, April 10, 1929

Speech to the Honolulu Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, August 22, 1928 Also known as Governmental Efforts Towards World Peace, August 22, 1928

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)