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Jenkins Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, October 10, 1912

Jones reacts to an article that Addams sent him on the Progressive Party, focusing on her statements about African Americans and the peace movement.

African-Americans Military Peace Politics War

Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, December 24, 1914

Wald discusses the state of peace organizing with Addams.

Peace War

Anna Norma Porter to Jane Addams, May 1917

Porter asks Addams to support a letter campaign asking the United States to commit to disarmament.

Disarmament Peace Requests World War I

Appeal for Disarmament, May 21, 1917

Porter asks the government to clarify its peace aims now that the United States has joined the war.

Disarmament Peace World War I

Annie Fredrika Furuhjelm to Emily Greene Balch, January 3, 1920 (excerpt)

A snippet of a letter Furuhjelm wrote Balch on support for disarmament in Finland.

Criticism Disarmament Finland Peace

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams October 28, 1920

Spencer tells Addams her reservations about associating relief efforts with disarmament efforts and prefers Geneva as the home for the next Congress.

Disarmament Meetings Peace Prisoners of War

Ellen Winsor to Jane Addams, November 29, 1920

Winsor asks Addams for a letter of introduction for Sophia Dulles and discusses impressions of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Disarmament Introduction Peace Requests

Mabel Hyde Kittredge to Jane Addams, December 31, 1920

Kittredge asks Addams to present Women's International League for Peace and Freedom resolutions to Warren Harding and seek to interest him in disarmament.

Disarmament Peace Politics Requests

Amazing Plan to Make Manufacture of Munitions a Crime and Place All War Material Under International Committee Control, 1921

Wood interviews Park about his plan to disarm the world by making munitions manufacture illegal.

Conferences Disarmament Manufacturing Onsite Peace

Mass Meeting Demands All Nations in Alliance, 1921

The article outlines the parade and speeches that followed the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Mass Meeting.

Disarmament Peace Politics

Jane Addams to the Editor of the New York World, January 6, 1921

Addams praises the World for its promotion of disarmament.

Disarmament Journalism Peace

Testimony Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, January 11, 1921

Brown testifies on behalf of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section for a dramatic reduction in American military spending and and for universal disarmament.

Conscription Disarmament Finances Government Japan Mexico Military Peace Preparedness Racism Taxes World War I

Gertrude Laverack Winslow to Jane Addams, January 18, 1921

Winslow invites Addams to speak for the League of Democratic Control on disarmament and the Irish situation.

Disarmament Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Kathleen Elizabeth Royds, February 26, 1921

Addams tells Royds that she would prefer that the disarmament conference be held until after the 1921 International Congress of Women.

Conferences Disarmament Peace

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, March 17, 1921

Merriman sends Addams some recent materials on the League and hopes that the Carnegie Foundation will support work.

Disarmament Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Speech at the Washington Park Forum, March 20, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams argues for disarmament and claims the vast majority of taxes are used for war.

Disarmament Government Lectures Taxes

Announcement of Congress on Reduction of Armaments, April 1921

An announcement and program for a disarmament congress held In Chicago by the World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches.

Conferences Disarmament Peace Religion

Ford Hall Forum Speech, April 12, 1921 (excerpt)

Addams argues for disarmament at a mass meeting held at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston.

Disarmament Foreign Policy Lectures

James Grover McDonald to Jane Addams, April 28, 1921

McDonald informs Addams about the new name of the organization and its efforts in Mexico and Russia, war reparations and the limitation of armaments.

Disarmament Foreign Policy International Affairs Mexico Russia World War I

Albert Freeman Coyle to Jane Addams, May 3, 1921

Coyle tells Addams about a plan for machinists to boycott work for war materials.

Disarmament Labor Peace Soviet Union

Salmon Oliver Levinson to Jane Addams, May 21, 1921

Levinson asks Addams to ask the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to endorse the Knox plan for outlawing war at its upcoming conference.

Peace Requests

Manley Ottmer Hudson to Jane Addams, August 15, 1921

Hudson tells Addams about the recent work of the League of Nations.

Conferences Economy International Affairs League of Nations Relief Efforts

Marlen E. Pew to Jane Addams, August 19, 1921

Pew seeks Addams' opinion of the Washington Naval Conference for broad news release.

Disarmament Journalism Peace Requests

Annot Erskine Robinson to Jane Addams, August 25, 1921

Robinson invites Addams to come to the opening of a national disarmament campaign in Manchester in Sepember.

Disarmament Onsite Requests

Samuel Gompers to Central Labor Union, September 10, 1921

Gompers tells the Central Labor Union how the American Federation of Labor plans to act on Armistice Day.

Disarmament Holidays Labor Peace United States

Samuel Gompers to Jane Addams, September 17, 1921

Gompers asks Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to participate in the American Federation of Labor's Armistice Day plans.

Democracy Disarmament Holidays Labor Peace Requests

Disarmament and Life, September 18, 1921

Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. She gave the speech at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London on September 18, 1921.

Economy Foreign Policy Industry Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Military Peace Russia War

The Attack on War, September 18, 1921

Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. The speech was given at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London and then published.

Economy Education Foreign Policy Industry Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Military Peace Russia Taxes Unemployment War

Catherine Elizabeth Marshall to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, October 1921

Marshall argues that disarmament will reduce military spending and urges delegates to the Washington Conference to work towards peace

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section, Bulletin, October 1921

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section announces news on the International Congress of Women and other conferences.

Conferences Disarmament Internationalism Peace

Jane Addams to members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, October 1921

Addams tells members that the manifesto presented at International Congress of Women was presented to the Washington Naval Conference as a first step on disarmament.

Disarmament Internationalism Meetings

General Committee on the Limitation of Armament, October 1921

A description of the General Committee on the Limitation of Armament's tasks in upcoming months.

Disarmament Memberships Requests

Laura Jayne Buckley to Jane Addams, October 1, 1921

Buckley asks Addams to come discuss the upcoming disarmament conference in Washington.

Conferences Disarmament Literature Meetings Travels

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 4, 1921

Mead updates Addams on disarmament activities.

Disarmament Foreign Policy Peace

To the Women of Japan, October 5, 1921

Addams exhorts the women to press their government for disarmament.

Disarmament Japan Peace

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 13, 1921

Meads tells Addams that she will come to Washington to help with the Washington Naval Conference.

Conferences Disarmament Foreign Policy Help!Peace

Proclamation: Armistice and Disarmament Day, October 13, 1921

Maine's plans for Armistice and Disarmament Day on November 11, 1921.

Disarmament Peace World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 18, 1921

Mead writes Addams regarding various upcoming Women's International League for Peace and Freedom plans as well as her own initiatives.

Disarmament Help!Lectures Onsite Peace Requests

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, October 20, 1921

Misař tells Addams about alarming conditions in Hungary and Austria and asks for support for disarmament in Hungary.

Austria Diplomacy Disarmament Hungary Military Peace Requests Russia War

Marguerite Gobat to Jane Addams, October 26, 1921 Also known as Marguerite Gobat to Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Members and Sections, October 26, 1921

Gobat asks Women's International League for Peace and Freedom members and sections to send statements on disarmament for use in the Washington Conference.

Conferences Disarmament Peace Requests