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Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discusses child labor legislation in Illinois.

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Addams makes a reasoned argument against a bill in the Illinois State Senate that would make child actors exempt from the provision of the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law.

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Addams explains the difference between opposing child acting as an occupation and a vocation.

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Addams catches up with Blaine' discussing a proposed school survey, Blaine's invitation to the National Child Labor Committee, and her annual donation to Hull-House.

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At the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., Addams and Hamilton discuss "Economic Aspects of Tuberculosis" and why people living in poverty are more susceptible to the disease.

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Addams informs Woods that she has forwarded his question in regards to children in the theater to Mr. Lovejoy. She also implies that though children should not perform if exploited by managers for profit, it is allowable if it is done with education in mind.

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Woods would like to know Addams' conclusion regarding whether or not to allow children to appear on the theatrical stage.

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Also known as Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of the talk given by Addams at the National Conference of Charities and Correction of 1903 on the effects of child labor.

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Addams recounts some of the ways child labor has ruined the future of those children exposed to it.

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Graves informs Addams that Rosenwald will be donating $500 to the National Child Labor Committee.

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Addams wrote Rosenwald requesting him to donate additional funds to the National Child Labor Committee but Graves would like additional financial information on the Committee before he recommends that Rosenwald make a larger donation.

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Lovejoy writes Addams to have her help collect more money from friends in Chicago for the National Child Labor Committee.

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The Commission identifies problems regarding the labor of women and children and recommends solutions.

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Addams addresses the Chicago Business Women's Club on factors that may cause children to grow into "tramps."

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Lose writes Addams with ideas about how the minimum wage and moral teaching can save women from a life of prostitution.

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Addams lists authors of papers to be included in a book.

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Kellogg sends Lewis a report of American Association for Labor Legislation activities.

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In Addams' speech before the National Conference of Charities and Correction, she forcefully argues for child labor reform as well as increased education. The speech, given on May 10 in Richmond, VA, was published in the proceedings.

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Lewis writes Addams about the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Legislative Reference Committee of the Progressive National Service.

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Addams' speech before the National Child Labor Committee in Cincinnati calls for government regulations to protect women and children.

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Addams' argues that child labor is the greatest social ill in remarks at the American Humane Association Convention on November 14, 1906. This version was published in December.

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Doty sends Addams a proposed plan for the National Progressive Party Bureau of Education and asks for feedback.

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Davies explains his attitudes about child labor and the misunderstandings about them.

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Lyrics and music to "The Jane Addams Hymn," also entitled "The Song of the Child-Slaves." The song was performed by the Jane Addams Chorus.

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Lyrics to "The Jane Addams Hymn," also entitled "The Song of the Child-Slaves."

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Lindsey asks Addams to meet his friend Winifred Bonfils, who is expected to visit Chicago soon.

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Downey telegrams Addams on the impact of licensing laws on newsboys on circulation.

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Bates praises Addams for her work to ban child actors from the theater.

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Addams argues for the establishment of a federal bureau for the protection of children, especially regarding the issues of child labor and education. This is a published version of Addams's speech to the National Child Labor Committee meeting in January 1909.

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Addams discusses a previous study on newsboys and argues that there are no child labor laws that protect them. These comments were made at the National Child Labor Committee annual meeting in January 1909.

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Addams argues for the establishment of a federal bureau for the protection of children, especially regarding the issues of child labor and education. The speech was given before the Fifth National Child Labor Conference, held in Chicago.

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Stewart complains of the poor state of education and asks Addams for a copy of her address to the National Educational Association.

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Denvir informs Addams that the Illinois legislative bill, which would have allowed theaters to employ children after hours, failed in large part to her efforts against it.

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Oglesby informs Addams that allowing her request to speak at the hearings on the child actor bill was not within his power.

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Chute and Brown send Addams a telegram regarding the defeat of stage bill in the Illinois Senate.

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Brown informs Addams that the street trades bill she favored failed in the Illinois Senate, but the child stage bill she opposed also failed.

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Addams asks Oglesby to allow herself or someone else to testify before the Illinois Senate in regard to legislation that would give theaters an exception to employing children after hours.

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Also known as Our National Politics, August 3, 1912

A description of a Catholic sweatshop in Cincinnati that supposedly drugs young women and an attack on William Howard Taft as being pro-Catholic.

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Witt writes Addams about his financial troubles and his distrust of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Brown offers Addams more information pertinent to the stage child investigation.

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Lord thanks Addams for her feedback on his pamphlet.

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Brown asks Addams for advice about how best to get his research on stage children to Illinois legislators.

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Lindsey apologizes to Owen for any distress following his statement at the Theatrical Benefit and discusses child labor and child actors.

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Lovejoy writes Lindsey regarding efforts to break child labor laws in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Louisiana, and notes that Jane Addams is "spending night and day" to ensure that the law in Illinois holds fast.

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Fowler sends Addams correspondence between Owen Lovejoy and Ben Lindsey, regarding a benefit held by the Alliance for the Protection of Stage Children.

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Donaghey writes Bowen about the scheduling of a new hearing to consider Senate Substitute Bill 233, regarding the exemption of child actors from the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Laws.

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Beck writes Addams to ask for the arguments she presented before the Illinois legislature regarding a bill to exempt child actors for the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law.

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Lord informs Addams that he has been asked to provide citations for the accuracy of his pamphlet, Children of the Stage.

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Lovejoy asks Addams about the status of the Child Actor Bill pending in the Illinois legislature.

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Addams thanks Mackay for her previous letter and reports that she has forwarded it on to the Secretary of the Illinois Child Labor Committee.

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