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Gertrud Baer to Jane Addams, November 21, 1923

Baer tells Addams about economic conditions in Europe and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom activities.

Economics Food Shortages Germany Japan Lectures Peace Politics Relief Efforts United States

Joseph Medill McCormick to Jane Addams and Charles Henry Wacker, January 25, 1923

McCormick donates $1,000 to Addams's charity for German hunger relief and promises twenty-four other donors.

Philanthropy Relief Efforts

New Russia Lecture Announcement, November 12, 1922

Details of Paxton Hibben's lecture on "New Russia" held by the American Committee for Relief of Russian Women and Children.

Food Shortages Lectures Russia

Ernest R. Reichmann to Jane Addams, October 30, 1922

Reichmann invites Addams to a speech on Russian relief efforts.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests Russia

Maxim Gorky to Jane Addams, August 1922

Gorky tells Addams about the Russian famine.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Otto Julius Merkel to Unknown, May 15, 1922

Merkel discusses the economic and political situation in Germany.

Economics Europe Food Shortages Germany Onsite Relief Efforts

Hilda Clark to Jane Addams, April 13, 1922

Clark sends Addams news of the activities of the Friends Relief Mission to alleviate food shortages in Austria.

Austria Food Shortages Internationalism Poland Relief Efforts Russia

Speech to Trinity College, March 30, 1922 (summary)

Addams argues that the United States should offer economic and humanitarian aid to starving Europe.

Food Shortages Foreign Policy League of Nations Lectures Relief Efforts United States

Speech to Trinity College, March 30, 1922 (excerpts)

Addams exhorts Americans to help starving Europeans and discusses her experience there.

Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, March 18, 1922

Kennedy updates Addams on efforts to raise famine relief funds for Russia and asks her to prepare a paper for the international settlement conference.

Finances Food Shortages Relief Efforts Settlements Soviet Union

The United States in Relation to World Problems, February 26, 1922

Addams discusses America's role in international relief work.

Foreign Policy Lectures Relief Efforts United States

Peace and Bread: The Witness Borne by Women, February 25, 1922

Addams discusses the work that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom has done since World War I to foster peace.

Disarmament Foreign Policy Internationalism League of Nations Military Peace Public Opinion Socialism Soviet Union World War I

Speech to the Decatur City Club, February 15, 1922

Addams spoke on America's role in international relief efforts and about the work done at Hull House.

Europe Famine Lectures Relief Efforts United States

Speech to the Unitarian Church, February 11, 1922 (excerpts)

Addams urges her audience to support the United States entry to the League of Nations.

Europe Foreign Policy Lectures Relief Efforts United States

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Speech to the Dairy Jubilee, January 30, 1922

Addams urges farmers to set up a corn exchange with Europe to open new markets and feed the starving.

Agriculture Economics Food Shortages International Affairs Lectures

Why the League Limps, January 19, 1922

Addams argues that the League of Nations could increase its popularity by taking on European relief efforts.

Articles Economics Europe Internationalism League of Nations Peace Poverty Relief Efforts Russia World War I

Speech to the Waterloo Business Women's Club, January 16, 1922 (summary)

Addams speaks about conditions in Europe, relief efforts and the role of the League of Nations.

Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Peace Women

Jane Addams to Charles Henry Wacker, December 6, 1921

Addams sends Wacker a correction about reported statements she made on Germany's need for aid.

Food Shortages Germany Journalism Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Charles Henry Wacker, December 6, 1921

Addams provides Wacker with the actual content of her statement on conditions in Germany that was misreported in the press.

Food Shortages Germany Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to the Chicago Tribune, December 1921 (summary)

The Chicago Tribune retracts a statement it published based on Addams's claim that she was misquoted.

Journalism Relief Efforts

Bernard De Vry to Jane Addams, October 21, 1921

De Vry sends Addams letters asking for help in raising funds to feed German children.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Statement on Hunger and Crime, September 30, 1921

Addams argues that juvenile crime wave is caused by hunger and that relief will solve it.

Europe Food Shortages Juvenile Delinquency

Interview with the Guardian, September 15, 1921

Addams discusses her recent activities, the International Congress of Women and her hope that America joins the League of Nations.

Austria Internationalism League of Nations Peace Women

Russian Developments, September 6, 1921

Chicherin reports on efforts to relieve hunger in the Soviet Union.

Food Shortages Onsite Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Hilda Clark to Jane Addams, August 16, 1921

Clark updates Addams on efforts for relief in Russia and Austria and complains about Lyman Brown's work with the American Relief Administration.

Austria Food Shortages Foreign Policy Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Abel Davis and Harry Pratt Judson to Jane Addams, June 16, 1921

Davis and Judson send Addams an appeal for assistance in feeding the Caucasus.

Caucasus Food Shortages International Affairs Relief Efforts

Speech to the Boston League of Women Voters, April 12, 1921 (Excerpt)

Addams spoke at a luncheon about the conditions in Europe after the war, especially the plight of children.

Child Welfare Lectures Relief Efforts

French Feed Poor, March 19, 1921

A report of a soup kitchen opened in Dusseldorf, Germany by the French Army to meet the needs of the German people.

Food Shortages France Germany International Affairs Labor

Report on Leipzig Schools, ca. March 1921

Hobhouse reports on the health of children in Leipzig schools.

Austria Children Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 21, 1921

Balch tells Addams how they are seeking to mitigate complaints in Austria about holding the Congress in a place where people are starving.

Conferences Food Shortages Peace

Feed the World and Have a League of Nations, February 19, 1921 (excerpts) Also known as Speech to the Rochester City Club, February 19, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams argued that America needs to offer humanitarian help to Europe.

Europe Food Shortages Foreign Policy Health Peace Relief Efforts

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Feed the World and Have a League of Nations, February 19, 1921 (excerpts) Also known as Speech to the Rochester City Club, February 19, 1921 (excerpts)