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On the Moral Effect of the War, September 30, 1914

Addams speaks on the impact that war will have on social welfare activity.

Morality Peace Social Work War

War and Social Service, March 7, 1915

Addams' speech at the Free Synagogue at Carnegie Hall discusses the setbacks that World War I will have on society.

Child Welfare Immigrants Military Peace Social Welfare War World War I

The Child and the War, March 7, 1915 (excerpts)

An excerpt from Addams' Children's Day speech at the Free Synagogue at Carnegie Hall.

Children Peace

George E. Baird to Jane Addams, March 23, 1915

Baird discusses the status of the various peace movements and the World War. He goes on to suggests the movements need to be globally unified and focus on the present rather than the future, and that the war is the results of oppressive economic systems.

Economics Peace World War I

Clara Delafield Sturges Johnson to Jane Addams, March 23, 1915

Johnson regrets that Addams will not be able to lecture at the San Diego Exposition, but hopes that she will be able to attend.

Lectures Public Health Requests War

James Bryce to Jane Addams, May 6, 1915

Bryce writes Addams that just as he was about to try to clear her way to Holland, he found that she had made it through. He hopes she is able to return with no problems.

Travels World War I

Emily Greene Balch, Chrystal Macmillan, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann, and Rosika Schwimmer to Carl Theodor Zahle, May 28, 1915

The International Congress of Women asks Denmark to join in a conference of neutral nations to help bring an end to World War I.

Arbitration Denmark Internationalism Peace World War I

Emily Greene Balch, Chrystal Macmillan, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann, and Rosika Schwimmer to Carl Theodor Zahle, May 28, 1915

Delegates of the International Congress of Women ask the prime minister of Denmark to join a conference of neutral nations.

Arbitration Denmark Internationalism Peace World War I

Maud Palmer Selborne to Jane Addams, June 22, 1915

Selborne discusses the charges of rape made against the German army

Crime England Germany Peace War

Mabel L. Hyers to Henry Romeike, July 2, 1915

Myers tells Romeike that Addams wishes to ends her subscription for clippings on the mistreatment of women by soldiers.

Journalism Requests World War I

Statement on the World War, July 5, 1915

Addams discusses the likelihood that the war will cease without the efforts of neutral nations.

Diplomacy Peace World War I

Owen Reed Lovejoy to Jane Addams, July 12, 1915

Lovejoy asks Addams to assist in raising funds for the National Child Labor Committee, which is feeling the impact of the war on its finances.

Child Labor Finances Requests

Women, War, and Babies, July 31, 1915

Addams discusses the devastating impact of World War I on women's traditional responsibilities and argues for their responsibility to stop it.

Ethics Morality Peace Social Welfare World War I

Women, War, and Babies, July 31, 1915 (fragment)

Addams discusses the devastating impact of World War I on women's traditional responsibilities.

Morality Peace Social Welfare War World War I

Mabel L. Hyers to William C. Lee, January 18, 1916

Hyers acknowledges Lee's letter about creating a fund for businesses damaged by war and says that Addams' suggestions would be similar to those Alice Post provided.

Requests World War I

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Lillie Price Hounsell, March 18, 1916

Karsten replies to Hounsell request for information about the introduction of military drill into high schools.

Education Military Peace World War I

Chrystal Macmillan to Jane Addams, May 11, 1916

Macmillan reports on the difficulties of peace organizing due to the war.

Internationalism Peace World War I

Stimulate Rather Than Control Births, July 28, 1916

Winslow opposes birth control on the grounds that American stock would be overwhelmed by immigrants and Jews.

Birth Control Family Population World War I

War Times Challenging Woman's Traditions, August 5, 1916

Addams explores women's responses to war, looking at its costs in terms of lives and social welfare, and questions of patriotism.

Government Internationalism Military Patriotism Peace World War I

Jesse W. Beatson to Jane Addams, October 9, 1916

Beatson asks Addams for an article about conditions that might arise at the conclusion of World War I.

Requests World War I

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Clio Jensen, October 25, 1916

Karsten sends Jensen some materials from the International Congress of Women and asks her opinion on the issue of compulsory military training.

Australia Peace World War I

Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee on the Espionage Bill, April 9, 1917

Addams testifies in opposition to a proposed bill that would censor anti-war speech before the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary.

Censorship Free Speech Government Patriotism Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, April 24, 1917

Addams thanks Doty for sending her a book.

Peace Thanks

Jane Addams to Louis Paul Lochner, May 2, 1917

Addams tells Lochner that she sympathizes with his position but urges him not to move to Florida because the movement needs him.

Employment Peace Requests

Referendum on Financing the War, May 12, 1917

Taylor proposes financing World War I via an income tax on the wealthy so as not to weaken the nation's economy.

Economics Finances Government Military Onsite Patriotism World War I

Pan Preparedness, May 15, 1917

Zueblin argues that Prussian militarism is the real enemy and that the war pits militarism against democracy

Democracy Germany Internationalism Military Peace Prussia Social Justice World War I

Katherine Davis Cumberson to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, May 22, 1917

Cumberson regrets that she cannot attend the Woman's Peace Party board meeting, and hopes to attend the annual meeting.

Government Peace World War I

Otto Peretz Schwarzschild to the Editor, June 8, 1917

Schwarzschild writes to newspaper editors proposing an office to help exchange messages between Americans and their relatives living in the Central Powers.

Censorship Germany World War I

Alfred Booth Kuttner to Jane Addams, June 11, 1917

Kuttner thanks Addams for her stand on peace and discusses the ethnic divisions that the war has brought to America.

Immigrants Lectures Peace Praise World War I

Jane Addams to Christian Sihler, June 18, 1917

Addams sends Sihler an article on feeding starving children during the war.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Requests

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs and Rosa Manus to Jane Addams, June 20, 1917

Jacobs and Manus propose to hold a meeting in Amsterdam of neutral branches of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace because travel is impossible for members of warring countries. .

Peace World War I

Food Conservation, October 16, 1917

Addams explores how women's clubs can help conserve food and become more active in helping the starving people of the world.

Agriculture Civil Service Food Conservation Internationalism Lectures World War I

Arthur Piper Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 16, 1918

Kellogg sends word to the Survey's National Council about how the Red Cross is using Paul Kellogg's Venice article.

France Italy Journalism Relief Efforts Social Work

After the War--?, May 1918

Wheeler puts out a call for ideas about what will happen after World War I.

Foreign Policy Public Opinion Relief Efforts Socialism World War I

The World's Food Supply and Woman's Obligation, May 3, 1918

Addams discusses changes in the government's view about the common good that have translated into effort to bring food security to larger populations.

England Food Conservation Food Shortages France Help!Italy Lectures Romania Russia Social Welfare World War I

The World's Food Supply and Woman's Obligation, May 3, 1918

Addams discusses changes in the government's view about the common good that have translated into effort to bring food security to larger populations. She features the efforts women have made to conserve food. The speech was given at the General Federation of Women's Clubs Conference.

Agriculture England Food Conservation Food Shortages Foreign Policy France Italy Lectures Romania Russia Social Welfare World War I

The World's Food Supply and Woman's Obligation, May 3, 1918

Addams discusses changes in the government's view about the common good that have translated into effort to bring food security to larger populations. She features the efforts of women to conserve food.

England Food Conservation Food Shortages Foreign Policy France Italy Lectures Romania Russia Social Welfare World War I

The World's Food Supply and Woman's Obligation, May 3, 1918

Addams discusses changes in the government's view about the common good that have translated into effort to bring food security to larger populations. She features the efforts women have made to conserve food. The speech was given at the General Federation of Women's Clubs Conference.

England Food Conservation Food Shortages France Italy Lectures Romania Russia Social Welfare World War I

The World's Food and World Politics, May 16, 1918

Addams critiques the prioritization of commerce over charity and describes the work of the United States Food Administration. Addams also describes her concern for food insecurity and the importance American farmers have in feeding the world. Addams gave the speech at the National Conference of Social Work.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Lectures Social Welfare World War I

Discussion of State Care of Mothers and Infants, May 17, 1918

Addams discusses Julia Lathrop's presentation at the National Conference of Social Work in Kansas City.

Child Welfare Social Welfare Social Work World War I

The World's Food and World Politics, May 18, 1918

Addams discusses changes in the government's view about the common good that have translated into efforts to bring food security to larger populations. Addams gave this speech at the National Conference of Social Work.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Lectures Social Welfare World War I

The World's Food and World Politics, May 18, 1918

Addams critiques the prioritization of commerce over charity and describes the work of the United States Food Administration. Addams also describes her concern for food insecurity and the importance American farmers have in feeding the world. Addams gave the speech at the National Conference of Social Work on May 18, 1918.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Lectures Onsite Social Welfare World War I

Remarks on Tolstoy and the Russian Revolution, August 1918

Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.

Articles Germany Military Peace Politics Russia Socialism World War I

The Russian Complication in the Light of Tolstoy's Teachings, August 1918

Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.

Articles Foreign Policy Germany Military Peace Politics Revolution Russia World War I