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Alexander Hume Ford to Jane Addams, April 14, 1925

Ford sends Addams the Proceedings of the recent Pan-Pacific Food Conservation Conference.

Conferences Food Conservation

Women's Part in This New World, May 16, 1919

Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Labor Relief Efforts World War I

Women's Part in this New World, April 10, 1919

Addams explores the role that American women will have in rebuilding the world and the economy.

Articles Economics Food Shortages Labor World War I

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, November 21, 1917

Van Winkle details some travel plans and their expenses, and apologizes to Addams for contradicting previously set lecture dates.

Food Conservation Lectures Travels

Suggestions for Work in War Time, May 1917

The Chicago branch of the Woman's Peace Party suggests that pacifists work on food conservation, child welfare, better conditions for soldiers, a defense of civil rights and plans for financing the war.

Child Welfare Civil Rights Food Shortages Military Peace World War I

The Threat of World Starvation, January 12, 1922

Addams discusses the European relief effort and the role the the United States should play. The speech was given at the 51st Kansas Agricultural Convention in Topeka.

Economics Finances Food Conservation Foreign Policy Internationalism Military Peace Public Opinion Russia

The Threat of World Starvation, January 12, 1922

Addams discusses the European relief effort and the role the the United States should play. The speech was given at the 51st Kansas Agricultural Convention in Topeka.

Economics Finances Food Conservation Foreign Policy Internationalism Military Peace Public Opinion Russia

Jane Addams to Herbert Clark Hoover, August 17, 1917

Addams tells Hoover that she will give an address on food conservation.

Food Shortages Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Woodrow Wilson, May 16, 1919

Jane Addams informs President Wilson that the international congress of women urges the the powers of the Peace Congress to follow the steps to ensure peace.

Conferences Food Conservation Peace Poverty Travels World War I

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 21, 1918

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak in San Francisco on food conservation.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, February 19, 1918

Addams tells Van Winkle she can take the New Orleans speaking engagement on food conservation.

Food Conservation Lectures

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 15, 1918

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak in Joplin, Missouri

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, February 9, 1918

Van Winkle thanks Addams for agreeing to lecture and compliments her speech.

Food Conservation Lectures Travels

Lou Henry Hoover to Jane Addams, August 2, 1918

Hoover thanks Addams for her pamphlet and reports on her husband's activities in Europe.

Food Conservation

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, January 8, 1918

Van Winkle tells Karsten that Addams's receipts for travel have been processed.

Finances Travels

Jane Addams to Arthur Eugene Bestor, April 23, 1918

Addams sends Bestor a list of the places at which she spoke on the topic of food conservation.

Lectures Social Welfare Thanks Travels

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

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, December 3, 1917

Addams agrees to speak in Florida for the United States Food Administation.

Food Conservation Lectures

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, December 3, 1917

Addams telegrams Van Winkle about a conflict in her speaking schedule on food conservation.

Food Conservation Lectures

Arthur Eugene Bestor to Jane Addams, January 31, 1918

Bestor provides information about an invitation in which Addams is to give the chief address.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 24, 1917

Van Winkle invites Addams to speak at a food show in Chicago.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, December 24, 1917

Addams agrees to speak for the Food Administration show in Chicago in January.

Food Conservation Lectures

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 21, 1917

Van Winkle thanks Addams for speaking at Cornell and in Alabama and asks for her prepared speech.

Food Conservation Lectures

Jane Addams to Mina Van Winkle, December 21, 1917

Addams updates Van Winkle on her speaking plans for the United States Food Administration.

Food Conservation Lectures Travels

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 20, 1917

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak in Alabama at a food conservation meeting.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 20, 1917

Van Winkle sets the date of Addams's speech at Cornell at February 13.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, January 24, 1918

Addams explains her plans for the lecture on food conservation and encloses a copy of what she generally speaks about. She also plans to publish her lecture.

Food Conservation Lectures Travels World War I

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, December 19, 1917

Van Winkle asks Addams to speak at a meeting at Cornell University during Farmer's Week.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Mina Van Winkle, December 18, 1917

Addams tells Van Winkle that she will donate past expenses incurred in speaking for the Food Administration and will keep better records going forward.

Finances Food Conservation Travels

Clara Delafield Sturges Johnson to Jane Addams, November 19, 1917

Johnson explains her views of international and domestic militarism. She emphasizes the importance of education for children during this wartime.

Democracy Education Food Conservation Germany Military Onsite Peace Russia World War I

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, September 28, 1917

Van Winkle requests Addams come to a meeting held in Lansing, MI.

Food Conservation Meetings Requests

Arthur Eugene Bestor to Jane Addams, September 26, 1917

Bestor requests that Addams come to Fresno to attend a meeting regarding food conservation.

Food Conservation Meetings Requests

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, September 21, 1917

Van Winkle asks for Addams in gathering information to assist the U.S. Food Administration.

Food Conservation Immigrants Requests

Arthur Eugene Bestor to Jane Addams, November 1, 1917

Bestor thanks Addams and explains how she will receive more information about the conferences at Little Rock and Denver.

Food Conservation Meetings Thanks

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, November 1, 1917

Addams agrees to Van Winkle's request to attend two meetings.

Conferences Food Conservation

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, October 31, 1917

Van Winkle invites Addams to speak for the Food Administration at a conference on rural education.

Food Conservation Lectures Requests

Ray Lyman Wilbur to Jane Addams, August 24, 1917

Wilbur thanks Addams for agreeing to lecture for the Food Administration at an upcoming conference in Michigan.

Food Shortages Lectures

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Sarah Morgan Curry Richardson, August 23, 1917

Karsten tells Richardson that Addams will be working for Hoover's Food Administration Department over the winter.

Food Shortages Lectures Requests

Arthur Eugene Bestor to Jane Addams, October 16, 1917

Bestor details his plans to have Addams speak in California on food conservation.

Food Conservation Health Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to D. J. Stall, October 2, 1917

Addams agrees to help Stall organize a Family Enrollment Campaign for the Food Administration.

Food Conservation Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, August 14, 1917

Addams accepts Van Winkle's invitation to speak for the Food Administration at the Michigan State Federation of Woman's Clubs.

Food Conservation Lectures Onsite

Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle to Jane Addams, August 13, 1917

Van Winkle thanks Addams for agreeing to speak on food conservation for the United States Food Administration.

Food Conservation Lectures

Ten Minutes with the Editor, July 1917

Moore writes that Addams is "pathetic" because of a recent lecture she made in Chicago. The topic of the speech was on the lack of consideration of German-born citizens before the United States entrance into the War.

Criticism Germany World War I