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Commentary on Jane Addams lettter, June 12, 1912

The Mirror publishes Addams' letter of May 4 and criticizes Addams support for censoring motion pictures.

Crystal Eastman, Emily Greene Balch, Agnes Lisle Brown Leach, and Jessie Wallace Hughan to Jane Addams, December 6, 1918

Eastman, Balch, Leach, and Hughan express their eagerness to have an international meeting of the Women's Congress as suggested by Post.

Censorship Meetings Peace

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 13, 1917

Henderson sends Addams an anti-war article (not found) which he is having trouble having published.

Censorship Peace World War I

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, April 16, 1917

Addams and others ask Wilson to ensure that free speech and democratic values are not lost during the war.

Censorship Free Speech Government Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, May 31, 1927

Addams advises Catt that the attacks made against her by the Daughters of the American Revolution are a blend of truth and fiction.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism

Jane Addams to Edward Mandell House, November 23, 1915

Addams describes the services a Conference of Neutral Nations would provide and why it is necessary at this time.

Conferences Neutrality 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

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 6, 1920

Kellogg tells Addams about Edward Krehbiel's efforts for Anita Whitney.

Censorship Free Speech

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

The Children of the Nation, September 1912

Addams argues that the improvement of education for children starts with the improvement of their work conditions and environment and that a national effort is necessary so that every child is protected.

Child Labor Children Education