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Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.
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With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.
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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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Addams notes abuses of Hull-Houses day nurseries by lazy fathers whose wives have to work.
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Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.
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Addams addresses the Second Congressional District of Illinois asks Chicago woman's clubs to establish a scholarship for children of widows.
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Knodle asks Addams' advice on anyone suitable to work as a matron for the Indianapolis Day Nursery Association.
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At the inaugural meeting of the National Juvenile Protection Association held at Hull-House, Addams argues that the police should become educated about the needs of children.
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Addams argues for the value of recreation in girls' lives.
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Addams participated in a tribute dinner to Mary Augusta Ward, held by the Playground Association of America. The event was held on March 31, 1908, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Addams discussed the need for play, art, and creativity, and warns that without such outlets men will fall to drink and immoral behavior. She highlighted the lack of healthy entertainments, especially for young women. The speech was published in April in The Playground, a monthly journal of the Playground Association of America.
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Addams's address to the Conference of Visiting Nurses discusses a program in Chicago that helps keep children in school.
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Speaking to the National Education Association meeting, Addams discusses her thoughts on educating mentally, morally or physically "deficient" children.
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At a meeting of the education department of the Chicago Woman's Club, Addams encourages the use of school health care workers and censuses.
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Addams seeks Senator Sutherland's support for the establishment of a Federal Children's Bureau, arguing that it would allow the gathering of information currently not possible.
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Louise deKoven Bowen presented the report of the Children's Committee of the National Conference on Charities and Correction for Jane Addams, discussing the lives of children in tenements and proposing more resources for recreation for them. The speech was given during a session on Children held on May 23.
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West asks Addams to write an article about the plight of widows for the magazine, The Delineator.
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Summary of Addams' arguments for child welfare and the role of settlements. Portions of the article summarizing other speakers were not included.
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Addams gave this lecture at least two times; once at the February 2 meeting of the New York City Women's Political Union, and again on February 14 at the Boston School Voters' League. In the lecture, she discusses the philosophical relationship between women and the State and argues for the value of women in government, leading to the importance of woman suffrage. She may have also delivered a version of this lecture in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1910, to the Fortnightly Club.
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Addams compares costs and logistics of hosting the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit at the Armory or the Coliseum.
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Addams writes Blaine about the financial costs of bringing the Child Welfare Exhibit from New York and expanding it for Chicago.
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Breckinridge writes Addams about finances, planning, and expected attendees of the upcoming Child Welfare Exhibit in Chicago.
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An unknown correspondent writes Addams about the moral dangers of child labor in the theater.
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Addams speaks at the Chicago Credit Men's Association about the dangers of unregulated dance halls for Chicago's youth.
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Addams and other executive members of the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit invite Fisher to join the General Committee in support of the event.
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A list of the members on the general committee for the Child Welfare Exhibit held at the Chicago Coliseum in May 1911.