At a joint meeting of the Consumers League and General Federation of Women's Clubs, Addams argues for the passage of the Heyburn Pure Food Bill in Congress.
Addams talks with a Kansas City Star reporter about increased political participation, recreation in cities and her work as garbage collector in Chicago.
Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge between immigrant communities and the American public, holding that it does not change in times of crisis.
Addams seeks Senator Sutherland's support for the establishment of a Federal Children's Bureau, arguing that it would allow the gathering of information currently not possible.
The published version of Addams' speech to the American Sociological Society, which 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 writes Kent that she has forwarded his letter to Anita Blaine about contributing to the presidential campaign of Robert LaFollette and adds that she will do what she can to support the cause.
Addams argues before a Congressional Committee that women should have voting rights because their humanitarian voices are needed for the betterment of society.
Addams discusses the impact of the Republican convention on the woman suffrage movement and presents her appeal to the platform committee. On June 19, she addressed the Party's platform committee, and her remarks are included here.
Addams discusses the formation of the Progressive Party and its ideals, starting with children's needs. She notes that the party supports efforts to curb child labor, and to encourage education. This is one of a series of articles she prepared for the Central Press Association as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
Hooker asks advice on whether the Suffrage League of Maryland should support the new Progressive Party or the Democratic Party, which is so strong in the state.
Addams offers a biographical justification of why she has entered politics and joined the Progressive Party. The article was published in October 1912.
Addams explains her support of African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This article, which appeared in The Crisis, was one of a series of articles she prepared for the election of 1912.
Addams explains her support for African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
Addams writes Breckinridge that she is considering writing to Woodrow Wilson. This could be in regard to a petition that Addams and Breckinridge sent in April to the President, protesting racial segregation in the federal government.
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.
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 party politics, the viability of independent parties, and the possibilities of women's role in municipal elections in Illinois. This speech was given to the Chicago City Club.
In this published version of a speech given to the Chicago City Club on November 7, Addams discusses party politics, the viability of independent parties, and the possibilities of women's role in municipal elections in Illinois.
Addams' November 30 address at the annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association discusses the meaning of suffrage, the changing political climate, and the connections between politics and social improvement.
A speech given by Addams at the Second Annual Lincoln Day Dinner for the Progressive Party, about how the Party should move forward and maintain the ideals of Lincoln.
Addams' lecture at the Second Annual Lincoln Day Dinner for the Progressive Party discusses how the Party should move forward and maintain the ideals of Lincoln.
Addams recaps the events of a recent local Chicago election where women were allowed to vote and shows that women voters can be helpful to social reforms by being partisan voters.
Speech given by Addams at the Biennial Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, concerning the role of women's clubs in shaping public policies.
Speech given by Addams at the Biennial Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, concerning the role women's clubs has and can further have in shaping policies.
A writing by Addams detailing the many reasons why it is important that women be given the right to vote, and of how the movement is not just found in Western nations, but globally.
