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Chicago Peril to Immigrant Girls, March 24, 1911
Addams discusses the perils that face immigrant women and the need for protections.
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Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, August 21, 1912
Addams sends a telegram to Robins asking the Progressive Party to support A. A. McCormick for Country Board.
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Speech to City Club Luncheon, November 7, 1913
Addams urges new women voters in Chicago to vote nonpartisan in local elections.
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Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914
Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.
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Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914
Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.
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The Suffrage View, February 25, 1914
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.
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Humanitarian Aspects of the Merit System, December 3, 1914
Addams speaks to the National Civil Service Reform League's annual meeting about the issues with the merit system in civil service.
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The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, September 26, 1913
Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Valencia, PA.
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Remarks on the Funds for Parents Act, ca. September 26, 1913
Addams discusses the Funds to Parents Act, which provides charitable support for impoverished children.
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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.
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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.
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Philanthropy and Politics, September 18, 1912
Addams discusses how philanthropic activities become political activities, citing instances from her own work in Chicago.
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The Humanitarian Value of Civil Service, April 6, 1912
Addams discusses the weakness of civil service as a force for humanitarianism, detailing the shortcomings of the public takeover of efforts that were previously in the domain of private individuals and charities.
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The Humanitarian Value of Civil Service, March 22, 1912 (draft)
Addams discusses the weakness of civil service as a force for humanitarianism, detailing the shortcomings of the public takeover of efforts that were previously in the domain of private individuals and charities.
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Endorsement for Alexander McCormick for Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1912
Addams praises Alexander McCormick for his experience and service to immigrants and supporting his candidacy for commissioner.
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Alexander A. McCormick to Jane Addams, June 10, 1914
McCormick sends Addams a letter regarding the composition of the committee for feeble-mindedness and invites her to attend the meeting.
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Recreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities, 1911
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.
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Charles E. Merriam to Jane Addams, February 11, 1914
Merriam sends Addams a copy of an ordinance to create a Department of Public Welfare in Chicago and invites her to join a conference on it.
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Address to the Traction Commission of the Council, January 4, 1902
Addams speaks to the Traction Commission, representing the working people living in the 19th Ward and seeking a reduction of public transportation fares.
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Chicago Association of Commerce Application for Endorsement, October 27, 1913
An application for endorsement as a charitable organization from the Chicago Association of Commerce.
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Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, August 21, 1912
Addams writes Robins about social workers' efforts to convince A. A. McCormick to run for president of the Cook County Board in Illinois.
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Jane Addams to Charles E. Merriam, August 21, 1912
Addams sends a telegram to Merriam asking the Progressive Party to support A. A. McCormick for Country Board.
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Jane Addams to Alexander A. McCormick, August 21, 1912
Addams tries to support the candidacy of Alexander A. McCormick for County Board president.
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Probation Work Under Civil Service, March 17, 1906
Addams discusses the experiences of Chicago probation officers and the profession of civil service.
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Anonymous to Chicago Tribune Editor, December 18, 1911
Addams received a copy of this anonymous letter, offering a scathing impression of Chicago politicians out to get Police Chief John McWeeny and criticizing the Chicago Tribune as corrupt. The writer uses derogatory names, like "Sneaky" and "Sissy," for many of the characters and calls the press the "Scrofulas."
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Edward B. DeGroot to Jane Addams, October 7, 1911
DeGroot writes Addams about his resignation from the South Park Systems.
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Jane Addams to Charles B. Foote, March 26, 1908
Addams writes Foote about unpaid Municipal Museum bills.
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Edwin Gruhl to Municipal Museum of Chicago, October 28, 1907
Gruhl requests information from the museum about the state treasurer and state funds.
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J. V. Fernandez to the Chicago Municipal Museum, October 10, 1907
Fernandez is writing on behalf of an Argentine citizen to have his book, which was on exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition, returned to him. There is a clue that the book may have ended up in Chicago.
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James Dalrymple to Leonora Austin Hamlin, August 9, 1907
Dalrymple writes Hamlin that she is sending under separate cover the documents requested.