Addams reports on the recommendations of the City Homes Association in regard to the building of tenement houses in Chicago.

Addams comments how the streets would be safer at night if they were better lit.

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Addams discusses the need for better building regulations to prevent tenement fires.

Addams argues that tenement conditions are bad and that regulations are needed to prevent worsening conditions.

Addams tells stories of pioneers in Chicago that her father told her.

Addams urges Blaine to support the candidacy of Ella Young as principal of the Normal School and talks about the situation at the Board of Education.

Addams reports on selection of Ella Young and the activities of the Chicago Board of Education.

Addams testifies before the Board of Local Improvements in opposition to the widening of Halsted Street because of its potential impact upon Hull-House.

Addams testifies before the Board of Local Improvements in opposition to the widening of Halsted Street because of its potential impact upon Hull-House.

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

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.

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

Addams discusses the role of a lack of recreation for youth as a source of political corruption and argues for the establishment of regulated public spaces to encourage cooperative and positive relationships.

Using her home Nineteenth Ward in Chicago as an example, Addams explains how political corruption is born in the corruption of youth and argues for the establishment of regulated public spaces to encourage cooperative and positive relationships instead. This is the eighth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

Addams discusses the impact of prohibition on urban communities and notes a gradual increase in availability of alcohol due to home-based distilling. Addams gave this talk to the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Social Workers' Clubs at the Y.W.C.A. building.