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Arthur Curtis Roth to Jane Addams, November 17, 1918

Roth seeks Addams's support for starting food relief for Germany at once.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests World War I

Memorial to the Reparation Commission, 1919

Letter discussing the milk shortage in Germany.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests

United States Food Administration to Jane Addams, January 1, 1919

The Food Administration updates Addams on the food situation in Finland.

Finland Food Conservation Relief Efforts

The Next Step, January 20, 1919

Addams argues for post war relief and the establishment of the League of Nations and other international organizations to help guarantee the peace. The speech was given at the University Auditorium as part of the Farmer's Week celebration.

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Address on the League of Nations, February 11, 1919

Addams addresses the Great Lakes Congress of the League to Enforce Peace, arguing for the importance of international cooperation after the war. The meeting was held in Chicago.

Charity Internationalism Lectures Peace

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

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How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Women's Part in this New World, April 10, 1919

Addams explores the role that American women will have in rebuilding the world and the economy.

Articles Economics Food Shortages Labor World War I

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 28, 1919

Addams tells Smith about her work in the Congress and involvement with the Hoover team.

Conferences Family Peace Travels

Herbert Clark Hoover to John Work Garrett, June 25, 1919

Hoover sends Addams a letter of introduction to the American ambassador to the Netherlands.

Germany Government Relief Efforts Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, July 7, 1919

Balch updates Addams on remaining costs from the Congress and discusses the need for child welfare in Hungary.

Child Welfare Finances Hungary Peace Relief Efforts

Report on Budapest City Children's Asylum and White Cross Asylum, July 8, 1919 (excerpt)

The Swiss Red Cross reports on the deaths of children in the City Children's Asylum and White Cross Hospitals in Budapest.

Children Food Shortages Hungary Relief Efforts World War I

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamlition to the Friends Service Committee on the Situation in Germany (fragment), August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to countries once in the Central Powers for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution.

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Report of Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton on the Situation in Germany, August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail their trip to Germany to see conditions for child welfare after World War I.

Child Welfare Children Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, August 27, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for her report on Germany and invites her to a meeting where it will be presented.

Charity Germany Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 29, 1919

Balch sends Addams an appeal for food relief for Germany and Austria.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts

Official Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Alice Hamilton, September 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their visit to Germany to see conditions after World War I.

Europe Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Relief Efforts

After the Lean Years: Impressions of Food Conditions in Germany When Peace was Signed, September 6, 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their investigation of food shortages and conditions in post-War Germany.

Charity Child Welfare Children Germany Health Internationalism Relief Efforts

Emily Maud Leaf to Jane Addams, September 24, 1919

Leaf asks Addams to help distribute pamphlets to arouse public opinion about starvation in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Joseph Thompson Eliott to Jane Addams, September 25, 1919

Eliott praises Addams for her work in Germany and sends information about rumors of fishing blockades after the Armistice.

Germany Relief Efforts World War I

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, September 26, 1919

Jacobs writes to explain a report that she disavowed Addams's report on the German trip and reports on her activities.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 2, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a donation from Miss Lasker and asks that some of it be used to send cod-liver oil to Frankfurt.

Child Welfare Finances Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 3, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for attending the Friends meeting in Philadelphia and updates her on relief efforts in Europe.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 7, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for forwarding a donation for famine relief in Germany.

Charity Germany Relief Efforts

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

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, October 15, 1919 (extract)

Abderhalden dicusses the best way to help children in Europe.

Child Welfare Onsite Relief Efforts Switzerland

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, October 16, 1919

Addams updates Balch on the efforts of the Woman's Peace Party and answers questions about Women's International League for Peace and Freedom procedures.

Finances Hungary Peace Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, October 17, 1919

Balch updates Addams on Women's International League for Peace and Freedom activities, especially goings on at the headquarters in Geneva.

Peace 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

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, October 22, 1919

Balch tells Addams about the activities of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom office.

Europe Internationalism Peace

Jane Addams to Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs, October 24, 1919

Addams updates Jacobs on with an update about American peace activities, relief efforts and reaction to the League of Nations.

Europe League of Nations Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs, October 26, 1919

Addams reassures Jacobs that no news of the newspaper problem reached America.

Peace Relief Efforts

Some Data on Conditions of Milk Supply in Central Europe, November 1, 1919

This document recounts the milk shortages in several Central European countries and emphasizes the importance of milk for children and the ill.

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Herbert Clark Hoover to Jane Addams, November 13, 1919

Hoover's response to the English memorial.

Criticism Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, November 15, 1919

Addams sends Thomas some checks for the European relief effort.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the American Friends' Service Committee on the Situation in Germany, November 17, 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to Germany and Austria for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution. Descriptions include lack of food in urban areas, lack of medical care for children, and a shortage of milk. They request more funds for post-war work from the American Friends Relief Committee.

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