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Carolena Morris Wood to Jane Addams, July 1919

Wood tells Addams about conditions in Germany and hopes to see her before she heads back to America.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Travels

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, October 15, 1919

Abderhalden seeks support for German children suffering from starvation.

Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Heinrich Lammasch to George Davis Herron, October 21, 1919

Lammasch tells Herron about the impact of Woodrow Wilson's stroke on conditions in Austria.

Austria Economics Foreign Policy Labor Relief Efforts

Henirich Lammasch to George Davis Herron, October 21, 1919 (excerpts)

Lammasch discusses the poor conditions in Austria and solutions.

Austria League of Nations Relief Efforts

Address to the Illinois State Conference of Charities and Corrections, October 24, 1919 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the impact of housing and food shortages in Europe on children's health.

England Food Shortages France Germany Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

Vilma Glücklich to Marguerite Gobat, December 2, 1919

Glücklich describes the worsening political situation in Hungary.

Censorship Communism Hungary Politics

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, December 13, 1919

Balch tells Addams that she is moving Women's International League for Peace and Freedom funds to an American bank for fears about the European economy.

Economy Europe Finances Onsite Peace

A Report on the Upper Middle Class in Vienna, January 1920

Vernon reports on food shortages, inflation, and wage stagnation in Vienna.

Austria Economy Food Conservation Food Shortages Poverty Relief Efforts

Annie Frederika Furuhjelm to Emily Greene Balch, January 3, 1920 (excerpt)

A snippet of a letter Furuhjelm wrote Balch on support for disarmament in Finland.

Criticism Disarmament Finland Peace

Report of the Oberbürgermeister, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 9, 1920

Köttgen provides information on Dusseldorf's precarious food situation.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

David Starr Jordan to Jane Addams, January 13, 1920

Jordan asks Addams for copies of her interviews with European leaders.

Food Shortages Holidays Requests World War I

Address to the Social Workers' Club of Detroit, January 25, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams describes the conditions in Europe after the war.

Food Shortages Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, July 12, 1920

Addams sends Kellogg a copy of Mary Sheepshanks's letter regarding conditions in Europe.

Economy

Feed the World and Save the League, November 24, 1920

Addams argues that international organizations should include humanitarian goals as well as political ones in order to win public support. This was also given as a speech to the Labor Forum in Detroit on Nov. 28, 1920.

Food Shortages Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Feed the World and Save the League, November 24, 1920

Addams argues that international organizations should include humanitarian goals as well as political ones in order to win public support. This was also given as a speech to the Labor Forum in Detroit on November 28.

Internationalism Peace Philanthropy Relief Efforts Russia