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Statement on Young Couples and Housekeeping, December 27, 1901 (excerpt)

Addams comments on Judge E. F. Dunne's statement that $25 is enough for a young couple to start housekeeping. This was taken from a longer article on the topic.

Home Economics Lectures

Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Comment on Corporal Punishment, March 14, 1902

Addams responds to judges ordering parents to administer corporal punishment to juvenile delinquents. This was part of a longer new article.

Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Youth

Delinquent Children, May 31, 1902

Addams addresses the Merchants Club of Chicago regarding the stealing and gambling habits of young, immigrant boys.

Child Welfare Children Gambling Immigrants Poverty Youth

Lecture to the Fortnightly Club, March 6, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams details the evils of child labor and efforts to abolish it in Illinois.

Child Labor Child Welfare Lectures Legislation

Address to Deering Company Strikers, April 29, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams' comments to striking girls about working conditions and labor organization. The strike, against the International Harvester Company, Deering Division, resulting in the shut down of the plant, putting 6,000 out of work. This is a portion of a longer article on the strike.

Labor Lectures

The Relation of Club Women to Social Problems, April 15, 1905 (excerpt)

In a speech before the Chicago Women's Association. Addams complains that college women are disinclined toward philanthropy.

Education Gender Roles Lectures Philanthropy Social Reform

Comments at "The Theater" Symposium, March 21, 1906

Addams discusses her impressions of the theater and its influence on the public at a symposium sponsored by the Chicago Woman's Club.

Children Lectures Morality Theater

Comments at National Juvenile Protection Association Founding, June 9, 1906 (excerpt)

At the inaugural meeting of the National Juvenile Protection Association held at Hull-House, Addams argues that the police should become educated about the needs of children.

Crime Juvenile Delinquency Lectures

William Henry Rideing to Jane Addams, December 15, 1906

Rideing solicits a contribution from Addams for Youth's Companion.

Publishing Requests Writing

Statement on the Harry Thaw Trial, February 15, 1907

Addams chastises newspapers for glamorizing the story of Harry Thaw, an heir to a railroad fortune who killed his wife's lover.

Crime Morality

Statement on Theater Censorship, May 2, 1907 (excerpt)

Addams supports the idea of regulating theaters aimed at juvenile audiences, but not banning children from attending.

Censorship Morality Police Social Work Theater

The Difference Between City Boys and Country Boys, December 29, 1907

Addams describes how boyish exuberance is stunted if there are no opportunities for play.

Children Crime Recreation

Recreation for Girls In Cities, 1908

Addams argues for the value of recreation in girls' lives.

Recreation Youth

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

Woman's Conscience and Social Amelioration, April 6, 1908

In this address, delivered for the Merrick Lectures, Addams speaks about the difficulty of assimilation into American life for immigrant women.

Child Labor Immigrants Industry Labor Woman Suffrage

Woman's Conscience and Social Amelioration, April 6, 1908

In this address, delivered for the Merrick Lectures, 1907-8, Addams describes the difficulty immigrant women face as they try to assimilate into American life.

Child Labor Hull-House Immigrants Industry Labor Public Health Women's Rights

A Fourth of July Anticipation at the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 28, 1908

Addams speaks about the benefits of public parks to the community. The remarks were published on July 2, 1908.

Crime Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Recreation

Dedication of Bomberger Park, June 30, 1908

Addams praises the new park established in Dayton and is drowned out by children's excitement.

Child Welfare Children Lectures Recreation

The Reaction of Moral Instructions upon Social Reform, April 3, 1909

Addams describes the current moral situation of American youth as a result of the current education and religious situations. This speech was also given before the Chicago Sinai congregation.

Education Morality Religion Youth

The Reaction of Moral Instruction upon Social Reform, April 4, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams speaks to the Chicago Sinai congregation on the value of theater for moral teaching of the young.

Children Education Lectures Morality Theater

Statement on Recreation Piers, April 11, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams advocates for public recreational spaces for the benefit of all.

Children Lectures Public Works Recreation

The Spirit of Youth, May 30, 1909

Addams discusses the problem of juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile Delinquency Youth

The Bad Boy of the Street, October 1909

Addams argues that young boys need an outlet for their pent-up energy and adventurousness, and that without an outlet, like a playground, they are susceptible to petty crime.

Gender Roles Juvenile Delinquency Recreation Youth

When Youth Seeks a Mate, November 1909

Addams discusses the problems that modern youth face when seeking love.

Love Sex Hygiene Youth

Interview with Jane Addams, January 30, 1911

Addams and Marshall discuss play's positive effect on young children.

Children Crime Juvenile Delinquency Recreation

Religious Education and Contemporary Social Conditions, February 16, 1911

In this draft, Addams offers a strong indictment against old fashioned religious education and argues that the church, in order to encourage modern youth to see the validity of religion, must engage the realities and distractions of urban life.

Education Labor Religion Youth

Child Labor on the Stage, July 1911

A published version of Addams' lecture on March 11 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she presents arguments against an exception to the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law for child actors and offers some Tolstoyan allegory to buttress her arguments.

Child Labor Education Illinois Legislation Theater

Let Children Play, Says Jane Addams, March 25, 1911

Addams argues that if children have a chance to play outside they are less likely to become criminals.

Crime Lectures Recreation Youth

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Julia Clifford Lathrop, October 24, 1911

Lindsey writes Lathrop for Jane Addams' opinions about the Boy Scouts of America.

Children Requests

A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, Chapter III: Lack of Moral Education and Its Dangers, January 1912

Addams expounds upon the role of religious education in keeping youth from vice and examines the difficult standards to which young women are held. This is the third in a five-part series, which would ultimately be published as A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil later in the year.

Child Welfare Children Education Government Morality Prostitution Religion Sex Hygiene

The Right to Petition, ca. January 25, 1912

Addams argues for the right to petition in regard to the Fred Guelzow murder case and the death sentences of the four defendants. She is particularly adamant on behalf of the minor defendant.

Crime Immigrants Law Requests

The Child at the Point of Greatest Pressure, June 16, 1912

At the National Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Cleveland from June 12-19, Addams discusses how the difficulties of children can rouse society's greatest sentiments for charity, but that children also have for their own intrinsic value. The speech was published in the Proceedings.

Child Welfare Housing Hull-House Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Music Poverty Recreation

The Children of the Nation, September 1912

Addams argues that the improvement of education for children starts with the improvement of their work conditions and environment and that a national effort is necessary so that every child is protected.

Child Labor Children Education

What Should Our Schools Do for Boys and Girls of 14?, September 22, 1912

Addams advocates for the education of young children alongside Young in the form of vocational training.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Education

Foreword to Young Working Girls, 1913

Addams provides the foreword for a report on the status of working girls, made by the National Federation of Settlements.

Labor Settlements Youth

A Plea for More Play, More Pay and More Education for Our Factory Girls and Boys, 1913

An essay collected from Addams' writings on children, child labor, and recreational opportunities in the city.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Education Recreation

Public Dance Halls: The Need of Supervision, January 29, 1913 (fragment)

Addams argues for the regulation of public recreation to provide safe venues for women, youth, and communities.

Morality Recreation Sex Hygiene Social Welfare

Miss Addams, July 1913

Addams argues for the regulation of public recreation to provide safe venues for women, youth, and communities. This is the seventh article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and how women can affect change.

Juvenile Delinquency Morality Recreation Sex Hygiene Social Welfare

Recreation -- A Function of City Government, July 1, 1913 (fragment)

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.

Children Education Politics Recreation Youth

The Juvenile Adult Offender, July 22, 1913

Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." The article was published in October 1913.

Courts Crime Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Prisons Youth

Miss Addams, August 1913

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.

Children Education Politics Recreation Youth

Jane Addams: The Juvenile Adult Offender, October 1913

Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." This is the tenth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a women's roles in affecting change.

Crime Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Prisons Youth

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