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Jane Addams to Mary Ann Kingsland Higgs, August 19, 1926

Addams thanks Higgs for sending clippings about the General Strike and conditions of miners.

Comments on the Illinois Women's Eight Hour Bill, May 15, 1925

Addams discusses the impact of the proposed Illinois’ “Eight Hour Bill” on both men and women workers. She spoke at a meeting of the Joint Committee for the Women's Eight Hour Bill held at the Morrison Hotel.

Child Labor Lectures Legislation

Reminiscence on Theodore Roosevelt, May 1925 (fragment)

Addams discusses a meeting with Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 in which he advised women's clubs to agitate for labor reform.

Government Labor Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, February 7, 1923

Addams tells Lovett about her travels in India and her impressions of Gandhi's compound.

India Labor Politics Social Work Travels

Peace and Bread: 1. A Speculation on Bread-Labor and War-Slogans, December 31, 1921

Addams discusses the causes and implications of the Russian Revolution and Civil War.

Articles Labor Russia Socialism Soviet Union War World War I

Jane Addams to Albert DeSilver, February 23, 1921

Addams tells De Silver not to use her name on an American Civil Liberties Union advertisement in support of an International Workers of the World case.

Civil Rights Requests

Speech to the International Conference of Women Physicians, September 24, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams remarks on the problem of overworked women.

Labor Lectures

Speech at the League of Free Nations Luncheon, March 8, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams discusses how the League of Nations can protect migratory laborers.

Labor League of Nations Lectures

Address to Open National Child Labor Committee Campaign, February 3, 1919 (excerpt) Also known as Girl's Part in Reconstruction Work, February 3, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams opened the membership campaign for the National Child Labor Committee in Pittsburgh and spoke to the Western Pennsylvania League of Women Workers on the need

Child Labor Labor League of Nations Lectures Peace World War I

Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of International Relationships, May 31, 1917

Addams argues for protection of migrant laborers and food supplies, and discusses the different outlook that the working class has towards war.

Ethics Internationalism Labor Lectures Morality

Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of Internationalism, May 31, 1917 (draft)

Addams drafts her arguments for the protection of migrant laborers, food supplies, and discusses the different outlook that the working class have towards war. The speech was prepared for the National Conference on Foreign Relations of the United States.

Food Shortages Internationalism Labor Lectures Onsite

Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of International Relations, May 31, 1917 (draft)

Addams drafts her arguments for the protection of migrant laborers, food supplies, and discusses the different outlook that the working class have towards war. The speech was prepared for the National Conference on Foreign Relations of the United States.

Ethics Help!Immigration Internationalism Labor Lectures Onsite

Jane Addams to Edward J. Glackin, Jacob William Epstein, John S. Burns and Edward Joseph Smejkal, May 3, 1917

Addams lobbies several Illinois state legislators to support the passage of a bill to limit women's labor to eight hours a day.

Labor Legislation

Address to the Woman's City Club of Chicago, January 29, 1917

Addams speaks about the value of women workers in reform to a new evening session of Woman's City Club of Chicago.

Labor Lectures Social Work Sociology

The Reaction of Simple Women to Trade Union Propaganda, July 1, 1916

Addams tells the story of two immigrant women's difficulties making enough to earn a living, their experiences with unions, and poverty.

Gender Roles Immigrants Labor Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Writings

Who is to Blame for Child Labor?, July 23, 1914

Addams, discussing the main reasons for why child labor is wrong, how it came to be, and who can be blamed for it.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Industry Legislation Manufacturing Poverty Writings

Memorandum to Mrs. Harriman Concerning Miss Addam's Letter, April 24, 1914

The memorandum examines Addams' suggestions on the Commission's report.

Industry Labor

Jane Addams to Florence Jaffray Harriman, April 14, 1914

Addams has sent Harriman materials on the creation of a central authority on industry so the federal government could enforce labor laws.

Industry Labor Politics

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

Aspects of Unemployment, July 1913 (fragment)

Addams discusses the economic, social, and human toll of unemployment and suggests some creative solutions being employed in England.

Labor Poverty Social Welfare Unemployment

Miss Addams, March 1913

Addams argues for a minimum wage for female workers. This is the third article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's role in affecting change.

Industry Labor Legislation Social Reform

Jane Addams et al. to Booker T. Washington, February 13, 1913

Addams seeks Washington's aid in a campaign for labor regulations.

Labor Legislation Politics Requests

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, December 5, 1912

Andrews asks Addams to draft a letter on unemployment that he can read to a meeting in Boston.

Labor Requests Unemployment

My Experiences as a Progressive Delegate, November 1912

Addams describes her experiences at the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and its appeal to labor and women.

Government Labor Military Peace Politics Social Reform Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams in Fray for Wives, October 20, 1912

Addams discusses the labor situation in Chicago and argues that the Progressive Party will support the work of trade unions.

Industry Labor Public Health Social Welfare

Progressives' Offer to Women Workers, October 12, 1912

Addams discusses working conditions for women and advocates for a minimum wage for female workers.

Industry Labor Legislation Social Reform

Current Legislation for Working Women, September 20, 1912

Addams argues for the implementation of a minimum wage for female workers.

Industry Labor Legislation Social Reform Women's Rights

The Progressive Party and Social Legislation, September 18, 1912

Addams reports on the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and her dismay about the conventions unjust treatment of African-Americans. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

African-Americans Government Labor Legislation Memberships Military Patriotism Peace Politics Public Health Racism War Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, September 4, 1912

Bok describes possible articles Addams can write for the Ladies' Home Journal.

Finance Labor

The Progressive Party and Organized Labor, September 1912

Addams discusses the labor situation in Chicago and argues that the Progressive Party will support the work of trade unions. This is one of a series of articles she prepared for the Central Press Association as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

Industry Labor Politics Public Health

Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, July 1, 1912

Addams asks Kelley for some clarification before she takes a matter to the president of Sears, Roebuck Co., and she sends news about a suffrage meeting and Lillian Wald's health.

Friends Gossip Health Labor

Jane Addams to Gino C. Speranza, March 28, 1912

Addams informs Speranza about a speech she gave on immigrants and the naturalization process, and suggests that his committee look into it.

Immigrants Lectures Patriotism Requests

Statement on Labor Actions, January 2, 1912

Newspaper report of an Addams' statement about the causes of violent labor actions being antiquated laws.

Anarchism Crime Labor Legislation

A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, Chapter II: Economic Pressure and Its Inevitable Results, December 1911

Addams explores the economic plight of young women that often drives them to prostitution and white slavery. This is the second in a five-part series, which would ultimately be published as A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil in 1912.

Books Consumerism Prostitution White Slavery

Samuel Sidney McClure to Jane Addams, October 18, 1911

McClure explains the publication of an article by William J. Burns in McClure's Magazine about the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing case to Addams, because it caused her some embarrassment.

Crime Labor

George Platt Brett Sr. to Jane Addams, September 6, 1911

Brett writes Addams that he is happy Macmillan will publish A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil soon promises her that the company will use a union shop for binding.

Books Publishing Writings

Standards of Education in Industrial Life, June 8, 1911

In this speech at the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Boston, Addams calls on educators and social workers to demand useful education for children so that they are better prepared for a life in industry.

Child Labor Education Immigrants Labor Lectures

Ten Years' Experience in Illinois, March 12, 1911

Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discusses child labor legislation in Illinois.

Child Labor Education Gambling Lectures Legislation Recreation

Statement on Illinois State Senate Bill 233 (Child Actor Bill), March 8, 1911

Addams led a contingent to oppose efforts to exclude child actors from child labor laws. She testified before the State Senate committee considering the bill, along with Will J. Davis (speaking for the bill), Mrs. Coonley-Ward, Mrs. A. T. Aldrich, Margaret Halsey, and Anna Nichols.

Child Labor Government Illinois Legislation Theater

A Visit to Tolstoy, January 1911

In this narratively rich article in McClure's, Addams reflects on her meeting with Tolstoy in Russia in 1896, on her admiration for his principles, and on her pragmatic approach to good work in the urban, industrial context of Hull-House and its diverse surroundings.

Russia Travels Visits

Jane Addams's endorsement of the Bulletin of the International Labor Office, March 10, 1909

Addams praises the Bulletin of the International Labor Office.

Praise

Irene Osgood to Jane Addams, October 14, 1908

Osgood writes Addams to schedule a meeting of the American Association for Labor Legislation after the election.

Labor Legislation Meetings Politics

Jane Addams to Irene Osgood, October 13, 1908

Someone writing on behalf of Addams informs Osgood that the Chicago branch of the American Association for Labor Legislation will meet in November.

Health Law Legislation Meetings

The "Piece-Work" System as a Factor in the Tuberculosis of Wage-Workers, 1908

At the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., Addams and Hamilton discuss "Economic Aspects of Tuberculosis" and why people living in poverty are more susceptible to the disease.

Child Labor Industry Labor Lectures Public Health

Irene Osgood to Jane Addams, August 18, 1908

Osgood writes Addams offering to come to Chicago to help stir up enthusiasm for the local branch of the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Labor Law Requests

The Relation of Women to Industry and Social Legislation (excerpt), March 22, 1908 (excerpt)

An excerpt from Addams' March 22 speech at Faneuil Hall to the Boston Equal Suffrage Association and the Women's Trade Union League on the changes in women's work brought about by factory work.

Education Germany Immigrants Labor Lectures Legislation Public Health Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

The True Ideal of a Public School System That Aims to Benefit All, January 25, 1908

Addams expands on the cultural values taught in industrial education and training.

Business Education Industry Lectures Youth

Address on Industrial Education, February 13, 1908 (summary)

Addams warns adults of some aspects of trade schools for boys. The speech was given at the first convention of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education on January 24, as part of a session entitled The Wage Earners' Benefit from Industrial Education.

Child Labor Education Lectures