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The World's Food Supply and the World's Politics, November 9, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the food situation in Europe as a grim specter over any attempts at peace. This speech was delivered as part of the Social Welfare Conference at the Elm Street Church in Chillicothe.. MO

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Photography of Graves, ca. 1919

A description of the policy for getting photographs of World War I soldiers' graves.

Death Military World War I

Information for Friends of Our Dead, ca. 1919

Pierce provides information for those who lost family and friends in World War I.

Death Military World War I

Charles C. Pierce to Jane Addams, February 20, 1919

Pierce sends Addams information regarding locating and photographing the graves of American soldiers in France.

Death Military World War I

Jane Addams to Esther Linn Hulbert, May 2, 1919

Addams describes the trip she took to locate Hulbert's brother's grave in France.

Family France Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Eri Baker Hulbert, May 1, 1919

Addams sends Hulbert a postcard showing the devastation of France after World War I.

Travels World War I

Women's Part in This New World, May 16, 1919

Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Labor Relief Efforts Women World War I

Experiences Abroad, October 30, 1919 (summary)

A summary of Addams' remarks to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends about conditions in Europe and her trip through Germany.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Society of German Deep-Sea Fisheries to Fraulein Köpke, July 21, 1919 (extract)

The Society reports on the impact of the war on deep-sea fishing in Geestemunde.

Germany 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 Women World War I

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.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Foreign Policy Internationalism Lectures Morality Peace Public Health Russia

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

200,000 Prisoners Without Shelter in Siberia, December 25, 1919

The International Red Cross reports on the number of Austrian and Hungarian prisoners of war held in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Russia World War I

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.

Austria Bulgaria Europe Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests Switzerland World War I

German Reparations, October 22, 1919

The paper reports on discussions of milk shortage and child welfare in Germany held at the Paris Peace Conference.

Child Welfare Germany Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, December 11, 1919

Addams sends Kellogg a petition calling for women to support efforts to release prisoners of war held in France and Russia.

Peace

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

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, December, 1919

Abderhalden asks Wells for help funding a plan to feed starving German children.

Child Welfare Germany Relief Efforts World War I

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, September 30, 1919

Balch writes a long letter to Addams, detailing her life, the WILPF office in Geneva, activities regarding prisoner of war, and international education.

Child Welfare Conferences Diplomacy Hungary Internationalism League of Nations Peace Switzerland World War I

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse sends Addams requesting relief for Leipzig's children.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Lucy Biddle Lewis to Jane Addams, December 23, 1919

Lewis worries to Addams over the many pressing needs facing the WILPF and the difficulty of deciding where to act

Finances Germany Peace Relief Efforts Russia

Memorial to the Reparation Commission, 1919

Letter discussing the milk shortage in Germany.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests

Statement of the Central Committee for the Restoration of International Relations, July 10, 1919

The Committee announces it formation and seeks to gather opinions about the resumption of international relations.

Internationalism Peace

Manifesto de Protestation Contre Le Traite De Paix de Versailles, July 5, 1919

The Comité protests the exclusion of Germany from the League of Nations and protests the Versailles Treaty as unfair and seeks to replace it with one designed to keep the peace.

Diplomacy Germany Peace World War I

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

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, July 5, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith about her travels with Addams, makes comments on their companions, and their plans to go to Germany.

Government Hungary Peace Relief Efforts Religion Travels

Jane Addams to the Woman's Peace Party. Committee of Thirty-Five, March 22, 1919

Addams explains the travel restriction that limit the number of American delegates to the International Congress of Women and asks who will be able to make the trip.

Peace Travels